From the Editor: Our Home

Our homes are the structures of wood and concrete, metal and bricks, where we rest our heads and keep our things. This is a most simple description of home. But we all know home extends far beyond the fenceline of the houses that we inhabit.

Home is the neighbor who always has a treat for your dog. It is the park down the street that provides a perfect view of the sunrise. It is your kids’ school, your family’s church, and the grocery store you visit a few times each week.

Home is a favorite coffee shop where you sometimes meet with an old friend or a new client. It is a familiar bend in the road where the trees present glorious colors with the changing seasons. It is the soccer field where your children run, and the veterinary clinic where you find reassurance and care over your sick pet.

Home is the extended landscape where our lives take place and it is the people - all of the other people - who call that place home too.

Broomfield Days makes me more nostalgic than just about anything. And for me everything about Broomfield Days comes back to the idea of home.

The third Saturday in September is reserved for an annual celebration not to be missed. From the early morning pancakes and 5K, to the parade, trade fair, food, beer and numerous entertainment acts - it is a day of old fashioned hometown goodness and fun. In my more than half century on this Earth, I have only missed it a few times.

If it is Broomfield Days, you will find me and thousands of others firmly planted at Midway Park soaking it all in. It is the spot to catch up with lifelong friends and smile as newcomers partake and solidify this place as their home too.

I just love Broomfield and I love Broomfield Days! Mark your calendar for September 21 and be there too. You can read all of the details on pages 24-27.

Tammy and I will be set up near the Broomfield Chamber Beer Garden by the Girl Scout Shelter, as has become an Our Broomfield traditional post. Stop by and see us and grab a bag for gathering the goodies you will collect throughout the day. Can’t wait to see you there - at our home and yours.

Thanks for reading,

Tina Eichner, Editor & Publisher