“It’s one of life’s simple pleasures,” said Torrico, who now works at a restaurant. The wind in Arvada during this year’s ...

At some point, many of us were briefly fascinated with kites. The reason we were only briefly interested in this hobby was that it was fraught with failure: The kite never flew or, if it did, it was ...

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...