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SAN LUIS VALLEY — Dennis Lopez can trace his lineage here back to 1847, when pioneers from Mexico first put down roots in the area. He still tends to a ranch owned by his wife’s family in San Luis, a small valley community of less than 1,000 people that’s regarded as the oldest town in Colorado. Language, however, is where Lopez finds his true passion — in particular a unique Spanish dialect native to northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. It’s a version of the archaic language found nowhere else in the Spanish-speaking world. The former Adams State University professor’s...

What business books should I read? Below is our must-read list of the best business books of all time. Perhaps you are a beginner just entering the business world or are looking for the best entrepreneur books. Or perhaps you are an experienced professional seeking the best management books. Or maybe, just maybe, you want to find the best books on how to run a small business. Reading great business books is one of the most cost-effective methods to become a whip-smart business person. As business book editors, we read a lot of books — and this curated book list...

 It's Thanksgiving week! Are you crazy busy like me? This is the first year I'll be cooking the entire meal on my own (with help from my kids). If you're also running around planning, decorating, and cooking, you may be looking for a few downloads that you can just print off and give to your kids to keep them busy. Here are a few I've created over the years. Enjoy!Bilingual Thanksgiving PreK Activity Pack Introduce your young students to Thanksgiving with this fun activity pack! There are 44 pages total (15 in English, 15 in Spanish, and Answer Keys) with activities...

One of the great absurdities we come across in scriptural work is the whole MEME of ancestral inheritance.  So Yesua is a lineal descendent of David, a thousand years later.  This may even be true but it still is absurd.Let me show you why.  When my mother was born in 1907, she was seventh generation Canadian going back to 1800 and first settlement of PEI.  What this means is that she had in the third generation four distinct ancestors or grand parents. the forth generation eight distinct ancestors.the fifth generation sixteen distinct ancestors.the sixth generation thirty two distinct ancestors.the seventh generation...

The other day I was saying to my husband: we really should find some more gripping things to read for Fergus, our seven-year-old son. His sisters love reading and being read to, but our boy, well… he could use a little bit of encouragement. It must have been a sign —  Esther, the next day, asked if we wanted to review Storytime Magazine for the blog! Yes we would and we did and guess what, we all loved it! Children read less and less Ok that is the short story, now the long one (I am a psycholinguist after all)....