Sunrises in Boulder are like sunsets in many other places. They can surpass even our wonderful sunsets. One must get up early and stay up late.

Boulder‘s less good news. Washington State beat the Lady Buffs in the last game of this season. We say “good bye for now and THANKS! to Buckshot, #00, Ms Sherrod, making zero the biggest number in the list of numerals! The casino’s roulette edge is our edge too. We wish her our best and our thanks for being so amazing. She totally outdid herself this afternoon, seemingly flying through the thin mountain air over the boards. In spite of her having done a face plant on Thursday night against Washington University, she was with us 110% this afternoon. Debi and I turned to each other a number of times, smiling, remarking “did you just see that?” and the answer was, every time, “YES!” I admit that we looked at each other a number of times saying “good shot” about a shot that Washington had just sailed through the net without disturbing the knotted thin rope called a net. From the 3 point range. Begrudging admiration was certainly called for!

While the scoreboard was against us, the game was AMAZING! Both teams were spectacular. It took a great team to beat our Lady Buffs! The Washington State defense was outstanding! We were in great seats surrounded by people dressed in red. We were surrounded by guests rooting for the wrong team! At the end of the game I high-fived the “Mr Red Guy” in front of me and said “great game!” He was surprised, grinned, and the woman (wife?) next to him leaned over to a youngster and commented on how nice that was, that I’d congratulate them on a game well-won. We are the hosts! Of course we are the best at being hosts! We are gracious, welcoming, and sometimes we even lose on the scoreboard. Whether or not we win, we ALWAYS have the opportunity to be welcoming hosts. Gracious losing is probably harder than gracious winning, and is even more important. We come away with a “win” regardless of the scoring details. BUT WE ALMOST HAD IT WON!!! I certainly don’t mind being a gracious winner.

Enjoy Sunday! We’ll focus on motivating for Monday as we go through the day and as we read my early morning motivational magic on Monday morning. In the meantime, we could not be more proud of our Lady Buffs! They represented us wonderfully both today and through the rest of the season. They’ll be back soon.

Lenny Lensworth Frieling

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Leonard Frieling
  • Senior Counsel Emeritus to the Boulder Law firm Dolan + Zimmerman LLP : (720)-610-0951
  • Former Judge
  • Photographer of the Year, AboutBoulder 2023
  • First Chair and Originator of the Colorado Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Committee, a National first.
  • Previous Chair, Boulder Criminal Defense Bar (8 years)
  • Twice chair Executive Counsel, Colorado Bar Association Criminal Law Section
  • NORML Distinguished Counsel Circle
  • Life Member, NORML Legal Committee
  • Life Member, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
  • Board Member Emeritus, Colorado NORML
  • Chair, Colorado NORML, 7 years including during the successful effort to legalize recreational pot in Colorado
  • Media work, including episodes of Fox’s Power of Attorney, well in excess of many hundreds media interviews, appearances, articles, and podcasts, including co-hosting Time For Hemp for two years.
  • Board member, Author, and Editor for Criminal Law Articles for the Colorado Lawyer, primary publication of the Colorado Bar Assoc. 7 Years, in addition to having 2 Colorado Lawyer cover photos, and numerous articles for the Colorado Lawyer monthly publication.
  • LEAP Speaker, multi-published author, University lectures Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Denver University Law School, Univ. of New Mexico, Las Vegas NM, and many other schools at all levels.
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