By Cleo Andersen-Green, Psy.D.Guest Column Your kid comes through the door and drops their backpack. You ask one innocent question, “How was your day at school?” And you may get a “Fine” as they shut their door. Or they snap back, “Seriously … can you just not?” If you can relate, you’re part of the […]
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Living ground: The biocrust of Red Hill
Red Hill CouncilPublic Service Announcement Before you take your next step on Red Hill, look down. That bumpy, dark crust beneath your feet might be thousands of years old. It’s called biological soil crust, or “biocrust” for short, and it’s a living skin over the soil made of cyanobacteria, lichen, moss and fungi working together. […]
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Don’t sugarcoat the dangers of added sugar
By Dr. Greg FeinsingerGuest Column Big Food cares about their bottom line, not your health. Like the tobacco companies before them, they hire scientists to figure out how to make their products more addictive. The scientists found that people get hooked on sugar, salt and fat. Respected nutrition expert Dr. Michael Greger notes that “the […]
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Reflections on the Road to Roaring Fork
By Lena Maude What if I attempt to change everything I know? To throw myself into the unknown? Although it’s an impossible task, to render one’s belief system completely inert on pure whimsy, I thought I’d give it a try… in a sort of “Yes Man” way. I wouldn’t say I’m an entirely concrete individual […]
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Crystal Theatre: Mending our social fabric
“Are you crying?” My friend was sniffling and wiping his glasses. The penguin in the biographical film, “The Penguin Lessons,” had just died. As the lights at the Crystal Theatre came up, I saw some of the crustiest old characters in Carbondale also wiping their eyes. This is a good thing, I thought. This is […]
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Small rituals that can change your day
Opinion By Zaira PintosSeeds of well-being Amid work, family, home, children and bills to pay, talking about well-being can feel like a luxury. Sometimes we think that to feel better we need more time, more money, or to completely change our routine. But the reality is simpler: Well-being can begin with small daily rituals. A […]
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Dear county commissioners
Re: Harvest Village By Roger Berliner Editor’s Note: Roger Berliner is a Sopris Sun board member, and has submitted this guest column outside of that capacity and of his own accord. Land use issues, without a doubt, rank at the top of the hard work you do. I know. I spent 12 years as the […]
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My river is gone
By Chuck Ogilby My river is about to die. The once-mighty Colorado River has been dying a slow death by a thousand cuts for years, but now it is going for good. I am a small irrigator and water user with good rights. Because of this, I am on the Division 5 — Colorado River […]
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Kids for No Kings
I’m writing this because I want to see more teenagers at the No Kings protest on March 28. We should be at these protests because we are all affected by what the Trump administration and Congress have been doing, whether you know it yet or not. Countless masked Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Would You Rather…?
VOICES Radio Hour is brought to you by VOICES in partnership with KDNK, The Sopris Sun and the Connection is Medicine Foundation. With each episode we share stories from members of our community. We hope this serves to preserve an oral history of who we are, where we come from and who we aspire to […]