Echoes

We WON! On April 19, 2021 KFFR was granted an "Award of Excellence" from the Colorado Broadcasting Association for "Best Podcast" for small markets in 2020. Our daily program was called the "KFFR Coronacast," and was hosted by Steve Skinner and Stacy Stein. It would have never happened without support from station founder and producer, Denis Moynihan.   We were up against some very well-funded radio stations. I have always believed that the audio canvas provides everyone the same opportunities to create valuable, quality programming.   The podcast went for months. This podcast is our half-hour edit entry.

Martin J. Smith is a veteran journalist and magazine editor. He has won more than fifty newspaper and magazine writing awards, and his crime novels have been nominated for three of the publishing industry’s most prestigious honors, including the Edgar Award, the Anthony Award, and the Barry Award. In addition to his five novels, Smith has finished his fifth nonfiction book. “Going to Trinidad: A Doctor, a Colorado Town, and Stories from an Unlikely Gender Crossroads” will be published in hardcover by Bower House and as an audio book by Tantor Media on April 15, 2021.

We are all obsessed with the human body. And nowhere do you find the body more on display than at the beach. If you really want to go all the way, you have to go to a nude beach. In our parents’ days, we heard of nudist colonies, places where young and beautiful beatniks smoked weed and drank wine and frolicked in mud baths in the altogether, all together. We all saw the compelling posters. I don’t know about you but I spent a long winter building up body fats and dry skin, including an occasional itchy rash. My doctor said my skin looked “dry” and urged me to use skin moisturizer, something we tough guys often forget as we are putting on the Carharts. Like many of us mountain people, I split for tropical climes this off-season, seeking moist air, beaches and a chance to air out the wrinkles and folds that had been under many layers of protective clothing. Maybe it’s because the islands are blowing up, but I found shockingly cheap airfare to Maui and got on that plane. When we touched down and they opened