News from the Rockies

With the MLB’s Colorado Rockies hibernating for the winter, I’ve had a chance to think about other events in the news from this part of the world. Blizzards and power outages are old news, thank heaven. Sex scandals, blah blah blah. Bill Clinton in town and nobody talking about sex scandals—I guess that’s a news story.

The most intriguing thing to me in recent times has been the saga of Jeff Ingram, the 40-year-old Canadian who back in September found himself in Denver without a memory of how he got here or even what his name was. Thanks to TV news coverage, his family and friends recognized him, and now he’s in Washington state with his financee. But he still can’t remember the stuff he sees in photo albums or computer files.

Think about what that must be like. No wonder amnesia makes for so many books and movies. I sure hope Jeff Ingram’s real life story has a happy ending where his memories, whatever they are, click back into place. Personally, I’d love to know what brought him to Denver.