A Question

[hildemore]

Last night in the cleaning and clearing, I also ran into a pile of writing I had done for this writing workshop

Comments

[dark_phoenix54]

Columbine is instantly recognizable to me, but Littleton isn't. I'm sure the name Littleton was out there in the news at the time, but mostly they just said Columbine.

[hildemore]

OK, thanks. That's super helpful.

I'm a native Coloradan and I had a boyfriend who lived in Littleton, so it is part of my history. Had to get the distance that somebody who is not from there has.

After I saw that more than one person didn't get the reference, I decided I needed to ask. I'l change it to use the word Columbine. Everybody should get that.

[rhodielady_47]

Colorado is a heck of a beautiful state. (I've been there twice, once in second grade and the second was a surprise trip in 1999.)
:^)

[hildemore]

Colorado is amazing. It was a wonderful place to grow up. It was pristine and so beautiful when I was a child.

Now I wish all those people would leave so I could go back home.

Far, far too many human beings are living there in a very fragile ecosystem and that has ruined the state (in my opinion). It's on fire presently.

This is one of my Grandma's vintage pictures.

[rhodielady_47]

Hmm.... I have to admit that although I've read a good deal and heard a lot more about the Columbine shooting, I never did read or hear mention what town that high school was in.
So now I know: Littleton, CO.

I hope your foster mom is doing well (or at least did well) in her retirement village.
:^}

[hildemore]

Thank you.

Foster mom moved back to California several years ago.

[siduri]

I think it is Columbine that people remember because that was the actual site and not the town that it is in, you know what I mean? You mention Littleton in conjunction with it and it rings a bell.

[hildemore]

It seems that most people concur. Thanks.