My childhood home was built around a blue spruce in Aspen’s West End. It wasn’t a good climbing tree — its bark rough with budding pine needles, slathered in sap and opportunistic ants. Still, we struggled up the trunk, planning tree forts and pretending to be pirates peering out of our crow’s nest across the […]
July 2022
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A new moon rises over Mountain Fair
The wildly wonderful and whimsical Amy Kimberly, along with stellar superstar Mark Taylor, prepare to pass along the marvelous responsibility of managing Carbondale’s Mountain Fair — to a squad of apprentices who likewise shimmer with magical mountain fairy dust. Kimberly has been director of the fair for nearly two decades — 19 years, according to […]
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Human-Nature Garden to land on Rio Grande
The Rio Grande Trail only gets more marvelous with age — much like Carbondale residents — and new installments along the ARTway continue its beautification. The Carbondale Age Friendly Community Initiative (CAFCI) is proud to announce its upcoming contribution to the pedestrian pathway. The Human-Nature Garden will bring together all walks of life, anywhere on […]
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‘A Decent Home’ screens in Carbondale
Director Sara Terry spent over six years making “A Decent Home”, her third documentary. Coming from a background in journalism, Terry told The Sopris Sun that filmmaking is “the biggest kind of conversation of any journalism I know or have participated in” with the most potential for impact. It’s now her favorite way of telling […]
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Little room for compromise
In the early evening of Wednesday, July 13, scores of people lined the east side of Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs at Sayre Park to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a judicial precedent which protected womens’ right to choose for the past 50 years. In light of the court’s reversal, […]
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Gathering for balance, healing and respect
Breathing in the fresh mountain air, Will Evans of Carbondale sat with reverence by the rushing waters of the Crystal River. In a quiet state, he became entranced by the intensity of the river’s movement as it cascaded down from the mountains to the valley we call home. At that moment, he realized how society […]
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La nueva cara del Sol
Al igual que la luna tiene temporadas, el Sol también — solo que menos visibles. En este caso, esperamos que sea visible la nueva cara del Sol pero para bien, ya que es con gran emoción que anunciamos ¡un nuevo amanecer llega este viernes para el Sol de Valle! Mi atardecer llegó, y necesito tomar […]
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Desde La Clínica: ¿Debería usted apuntarse a una revisión de Life Line Screening?
Se han anunciado recientemente exámenes de salud de una empresa llamada Life Line Screening. La gente ha estado preguntando a los médicos si deben realizarse esta prueba. Siempre es mejor prevenir las enfermedades, y se estima que el 80% de las enfermedades crónicas que las personas sufren y de las cuales mueren se evitarían si […]
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Volver a lo Esencial: Familia y el tiempo libre
Cuando hablamos de familia, nos referimos “al grupo de personas que viven juntas bajo la autoridad de una de ellas. Conjunto de ascendientes, descendientes, colaterales y afines de un linaje”. Según el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española. De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, familia son “los miembros del hogar emparentados entre […]