Email Author Amber Taufen

2007 Stories by Amber Taufen

• Scrambled Eggs

  published April 5, 2007

  Remember when hunting for Easter eggs was fun? That is, until your older brother found all of them, ate the chocolate candy and left the plastic... More >>

• Short and Sweet

  published March 29, 2007

  "There are only one or two people in North America who have seen more short films than I have," says George Eldred, program director of the... More >>

• Bird Is the Word

  published May 10, 2007

  You don't really need a reason to visit the Ute Mountain/Mesa Verde area; the scenery and history are enough to draw thousands of people to... More >>

• Sphere-iffic

  published April 26, 2007

  It wasn't a long trip from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory to the University of Colorado's... More >>

• Plethora of Peace

  published April 19, 2007

  Every year at Christmas and on my birthday, my mother asks me what I'd like to receive. I always give the same, extremely unhelpful response:... More >>

• This Old House

  published May 10, 2007

  "People move into old homes because they love them and love the character," says Elizabeth Field, community-relations and program coordinator for... More >>

• Life Begins at Thirty

  published May 24, 2007

  I'm not thirty — yet. I'll soon be passing from my mid-twenties into my late twenties, and I have a feeling that unlike eighteen or 21 or... More >>

• Made to Order

  published May 31, 2007

  "We were getting so many requests," explains the Fabric Lab's Tran Wills. "For different sizes, or 'Can you put this design on a men's collared... More >>

• Couture Cuisine

  published May 24, 2007

  Homer Simpson might have once called them "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," but let's face it: When it comes to cuisine, the French blow the rest... More >>

• Domestic Bliss?

  published May 17, 2007

  You don't have to be a rabid feminist to acknowledge the simple truth that the expectations placed upon women in almost any society are difficult... More >>

• Bring the Funk

  published June 14, 2007

  "I'm from back in the day, as the expression goes," explains Skip Reeves, host of KUVO-FM's Saturday-night show "A Funk Above the Rest." That's... More >>