Author Archives: Nancy Rasmussen

A return to Buff country

As a child, Deborah Fowlkes splashed in the CU engineering school fountain on hot summer nights to cool down while her father, applied math professor Irving Weiss, worked in his office. The night watchman flicked the lights to tell her it was time to go home.
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You're not in Colorado anymore

Panorama of Boulder, Colorado

The other day someone asked where I was from, and I automatically replied, “Colorado.”
“No, no,” he said. “What part of Philly are you from?”
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