Ron Baxendale II1974 - 1975: Steven B & the Hawk, KIMN, the Beach Boys, and Evil KnievelThough our discontinuance of swimming lessons and our move to Broomfield from Northglenn a year earlier reduced our car/music-listening…14 min read·Apr 3, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIColorado’s Ride the Rockies: Common Questions, Honest AnswersWhen returning from a week of riding through the Rocky Mountains — which I’ve done seven times now — I am inevitably bombarded with…7 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIEl Chico and My Transformative Year: 1978–1979My mom and dad had no misgivings buying me a car before I had a regular source of income; both knew I needed a car with which to search for…4 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIThe Last CruiserThe arms of the avenue opened wide, beckoning all to join the endless parade of shiny machines. The abundance of light that created high…34 min read·Mar 25, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIWriting by Hand: A Superior Revision Tool (A Master’s Thesis)Nothing surpasses pen and paper as being “good to think with.” — Jack Goody64 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIBellow And Camus: Different Paths To SurrenderSaul Bellow’s Dangling Man (1944) and Albert Camus’s The Stranger (1942) are novels exemplary in their grappling with modern man’s inner…19 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IISnapshot: The Denver Auditorium and Auditorium ArenaJust missing an Independence Day debut, Mayor Robert Speer opened the Denver Municipal Auditorium with a free concert on July 5, 1908; a…3 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIOn the Road to Rock Music Obsession: Part IAfter seeing and hearing a three-piece jazz combo perform at a 5th grade assembly at Wyco Drive Elementary in the fall of 1972, my intense…5 min read·Mar 21, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIFast Food Education: A Real Answer or Naïve Idealism?Since watching Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock, 2004), I’ve often found myself thinking about the movie and rethinking two ideas expressed…7 min read·Mar 16, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIThe Source of the Sistine Ceiling Program: Michelangelo or Theologian?Michelangelo’s vault of the Sistine Chapel has long been the subject of critical and scholarly study. The focus of this attention, for the…9 min read·Mar 16, 2024----