Author Archives: jessica

Luck

Dear Friends, If you find a lucky penny heads-up on the floor of your own room..is it still lucky? Or because it fell out of your purse or pocket, does it mean that you took part in helping the universe to “stage” a lucky penny. Is this a phony lucky penny, or really worth something? Currency is kind of like friends. They come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors, and some of them hold more value than others. Some […]

Natural Woman

Dear Friends, Looking at the beautiful city skyline right now, I can only think of one thing tonight. Natural beauty. What makes all of us feel like natural women? What brings the eu naturele out in all of us? For me, it’s definitely not nature itself. I am a city girl through and through. I think what makes me feel the most beautiful is confidence, strength, and some YSL mascara. Moroccan oil once a week doesn’t hurt either. But seriously, […]

Say Goodbye

Dear Friends, I just made a gigantic decision that could change the rest of my life completely. I moved across the country — rather abruptly. I had always wanted to go, so I decided to rip the band-aid off and move forward. If there’s one thing I learned writing my book, it’s that taking a chance will always change your life. Granted I see blizzards now instead of palm trees – I’m OK with that. Snow flurries can be pretty […]

New Beginnings

Dear Friends, I am so thrilled to have this website up! You never know who will be there for you when you need them, and in this case, it is one of my very special neighbors. Even if you get to know people for a short amount of time, it can still be considered beautiful. That’s my motivation for “The Butterfly Groove.” Butterflies have terribly hard lives, did you know that? They are forced to download everything from their mothers […]

Singles: Don’t mope on Valentine’s Day

Originally published in the Denver Post [source] On Sunday, couples will celebrate Valentine’s Day with cards, flowers, sweets and intimate dates. Singles will bide their time till Monday. The highly publicized day for sweethearts can cause a self-esteem blow to those who are unattached. While some try to avoid it or revel in “Single Awareness Day” activities instead, the best way to deal with it is to learn how to romance yourself, relationship experts say. “I remember when I made […]

The Boulderado a favorite haunt

Originally published as a Special to The Denver Post [source] The first time Beverly Silva felt a ghostly presence in the Hotel Boulderado was in the 1980s. She was a housekeeper then, and as she began to make a bed in Suite 302, the television suddenly turned on. “This was in the days when we didn’t even have remote controls,” she says, her eyes widening. “I looked to see if maybe when I gathered the dirty sheets if I had […]

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