Comments on: James Meadow

By: chris power bain

chris power bain — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:24:44 +0000

Thanks Ed.
After the Journal, James did become a magazine writer at the original Denver Magazine. He poured his heart and soul into everything he wrote, and agonized as editors tried to make his stories fit into the allotted pages. I had the pleasure of working with him in those days where he taught me that Bruce Springsteen was a prophet and that Keith Richards was the real talent behind The Rolling Stones. We shared more good times while at the Rocky where he concinced me I could ride a mountain bike 60 miles during the short-lived Bike to Nature events and took me snowshoeing for the first time. I loved helping him think of all the “great stories” he could write and he always humored me by saying “yeah, that would be a great story.” I already miss those stories I won’t get to read. Thank you James for 30 years of friendship. Love, chris power bain, (aka “Slimbo”)

By: Michael R. Kindig

Michael R. Kindig — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:39:11 +0000

Can’t get my fingers to do what I tell them to. It’s Kindig, not Kingig. Also, to avoid confusion, I was Mike Osborn…back in the day. Before my I changed my name back to its original form.

By: Michael R. Kingig

Michael R. Kingig — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:35:42 +0000

My memories of James go back as far as those of Ed — to the time when my late wife, Sherry Keene-Osborn, was the editor of the RMJ. The notion that James might well be the finest writer in Colorado wasn’t a view held exclusively by those at the Journal. Moreover, he was, in every sense of the word, a “mensch.” So long, James.

By: Kevin Flynn

Kevin Flynn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:08:25 +0000

You hit the nail on the head when you described his biting command of just the right mix of humor and cynicism, Ed. James was always a pleasure to read, if not to edit! We will be poorer for the lack of his writing.