Off the Couch and Into the Fire

Jay Solomon
11 min readFeb 28, 2019

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Chapter 2: The Tour

For twenty years I rose early and drove west towards downtown Denver, its skyline framed by America’s “purple mountain majesties,” the Rocky Mountains. I commuted through Denver’s historic neighborhoods, marveling at iridescent tulips in spring, children jumping through sprinklers in summer, gigantic pumpkins set on doorsteps in fall, and holiday lights adorning trees in…

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Jay Solomon

Writer, satirist, youth sports coach, dad, and owner of www.JAYS2GO.com, a dinner delivery service in Denver, Colorado.