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At last Saturday's Utah Press Association award event in the category for weekly newspapers, I received first place for my columns. 'Just thought you'd want to know. They're online at www.davisclipper.com, where if you follow the links to columns you'll find mine at the very end.

Even better, a friend told me one of my columns made a difference. That's what I want most of all.

Here it is

Salt Lake City after dark

Morning commute

OK, so I didn't stop ON the freeway, I had the presence of mind to pull off and find a quiet spot on the off-ramp to shoot this incredible sky. It's the Salt Lake City skyline with some clouds and mountains going on like I've never seen and can't explain.

So, a friend asked for a print of a night shot of the SLC skyline and I was embarrassed to say I don't have one. Boston, yes; NYC, yes; DC, yes; Paris, yes; London, yes; Salzburg, yes. Just give me time. Afterall, I don't vacation here, it's just home.

Deer tracks

We see evidence that they are here -- the footprints in the snow, the droppings on the grass, the trees with bare spots, but we don't often see them. When we do, it's a rare gift.

Last night the deer were just up the road and if that weren't amazing enough, you only needed to wonder why the snow was lit up behind them and turn around to catch the sun just setting. Great way to end a day.

About wrists

There might be people out there who aren't appreciating their wrists right now. Maybe they're thinking their wrists have always been there and they will always be there and they will always work properly, turning and twisting and allowing their fingers to do the jobs at hand.

I have a new appreciation for wrists and I would like to pass it along to all of you, so even if your wrists don't hurt and even if they don't have bumps in them, you just might take a minute to see how often they do what you need them to do when you need them to do it.

Without being thanked.

I am now officially thankful to and for my wrists, especially the wrist between my left hand and left arm, that makes it so much easier for me to type and take notes and play the piano and drive and wash dishes and take showers and vacuum and take pictures and give hugs.

And I am thankful for when every little part works properly and appreciative of those whose parts can't be fixed by a short surgery and encourage you to be to.

Random photo

Just because I was uploading this to my website, www.capestocanyonspress.com/italy.html, I thought I'd also drop it in here. Just because it's such an amazing place and you'll all want to put it on your list of places to go or to go back to.

Hat's off

I've heard the most amazing stories this week, of people who've been through hardships most can't imagine, and come out optimistic and even thankful. My hat's off to Laura and Jared and Chris and Jarom and his wife and Tyson and Landon and all others who don't give up and who keep looking up. And smiling.