Fiction Category
Health: Metabolism in menopause
Posted on July 6, 2015 Leave a Comment
Metabolism changes present fitness challenges in menopause By Kate Jonuska Special to the Denver Post This article published in the April 21, 2015 edition of the Denver Post. No one’s ashamed of their hot flashes at Krissy O’Brien’s women-only exercise programs. “My ladies like to call them ‘personal summers,’ ” says O’Brien, who owns and […]
Tech: Apps Grow Up
Posted on July 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
Boulder’s maturing mobile-development scene BY KATE JONUSKA In 2008, you could sell thousands of copies of simple apps like PhoneSaber (which mimics a Star Wars light saber) or iBeer (which makes it look like you drink beer from your phone). In 2012, the mobile game Angry Birds reported $200 million in earnings, and Instagram, initially […]
Travel: Campfire stories
Posted on February 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
This article published in the Denver Post’s 2015 Camp Guide. Why we love campfire stories — and how to tell a good one By Kate Jonuska In most versions, the teenagers hear a radio bulletin about a hook-handed escaped convict while, ahem, canoodling on Lover’s Lane. Perhaps you were told the more wholesome version in […]
Short Fiction: An Inspired Day
Posted on January 31, 2015 Leave a Comment
This story is published in the anthology “Scraping the Red Sky: Fresh Colorado Authors,” available now on Amazon. By Kate Jonuska “Next!” Diggory cast out the word in such a pleasant way that his fellow clerks at the Department of Lost and Found turned their heads in surprise. Most of them thought of Diggory as […]
Theater: The Grazing Dead
Posted on January 4, 2015
This play was created for the January 2015 performance of Bolder Acts, a 24-hour theater project. The format for Bolder Acts is as follows: At 7 a.m. Friday morning, writers are given the lyric from a song to include in a short play ( 10 minutes) as well as the headshots and resumes of the actors they’ve […]
Health: Cardio with heart
Posted on November 18, 2014
This article published in the Nov. 18, 2014 edition of the Denver Post. Cardio with heart: How to stay in shape while volunteering in Colorado By Kate Jonuska Few people would debate that hiking fourteeners is an intense workout, great for your heart and overall health. Matt Martinez’s volunteer crews, however, throw in a little […]
