Explores the five distinct regions of Colorado separated by geography, culture, history and economy: Southern Colorado (including the San Luis Valley and the plains south of the Arkansas River), Western Colorado, eastern plains (north of the Arkansas River), Front Range, and Denver metropolitan region.

The grizzly is naturally averse to human contact and is unlikely to attack a person unless provoked. By contrast, human reprisals have been brutal. Demonized along with wolves and other "inconvenient" wild species throughout our history, grizzlies have suffered incessant attacks by the "tamers" of our western lands. As with other native American species, both human and nonhuman, the fate of the grizzly has come to symbolize the fate of wildness itself....

They said he would never make it. They said no one would question our decision as the pregnancy was younger than 24 weeks. They said if he did live, he would be severely handicapped. Each day they filed into our small hospital room with their forecast of doom. They told us termination was the logical choice. They said it was our Choice.We told them No, we told them it was God's Choice.And He chose Jacob.

Gushikawa, a local resident, writes about her quest for spiritual insight and her mission to be a force for positive change in the world through her Ceremonial Sword Dancing.

The story of an army doctor, taken prisoner by the Japanese, and his wife, and how their love and faith never faltered through nearly four years of separation.