A Dog’s Prayer By Margaret Franz Glenwood Springs Every day, my beautiful border collie Jack and I slowly walk up Red Mountain for our morning meditation. He smells the bushes and walks, stride for stride with me, as I recite the beautiful poem from Tich Nhat Hanh’s “Peace Is Every Step.” He knows the drill. […]
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Work in Progress – Sept. 1, 2022
Another Labor Day By Linda Helmich Charles Hastings hoisted the flag into position on the post of his front porch, same as he’d done hundreds of times before. Just as it unfurled, the wind picked up “Old Glory” and snapped her a few times. First, Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hastings stepped sprightly back and saluted, as […]
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This September, remember banned books
By Tracy Kallassy Garfield County Public Libraries It may sound like something more suited to a dystopian novel than to present-day America, but attempts to ban books are surging across the country and are becoming increasingly successful. The past few months alone have seen a staggering number of developments. Among them: In Michigan, a public […]
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A gift of education
By Carrie Click CMC Public Information Manager Dick Hunt — the man who, with his wife, Shirley, gave $530,000 to the Colorado Mountain College Foundation — had a funny habit. Every morning, he’d walk down the driveway from his 19th century ranch house near the Roaring Fork River to his energy meter to check how […]
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Betty Cranmer: August 29, 1921 to July 21, 2022
Betty Cranmer, a resident of Renew Assisted Living Center in Glenwood Springs, died peacefully on July 21 at 3 a.m. Her son, Allen, was at her side. Her daughter, Susan Gorman, and members of her family, as well as her granddaughter, Hannah Hutchison, who is now a hospice nurse in the Roaring Fork Valley, and […]
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Book review: “Where the Crawdads Sing”
By Nevaeh Williams Silt Branch Library In “Where the Crawdads Sing”, Kya is a child raised by the marsh. Abandoned by her mother and siblings as a little girl and left with an alcoholic father, she learns to hide among the reeds and live with the creatures of the wild. Labeled as “the marsh girl,” […]
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Work in Progress – Aug. 25, 2022
Our town, one table By Just Jim Tucked in the Rockies Beneath Mother Mountain Whimsical beings And, a table to seat them all Prisoner By A.P. Harrison “Diary of a Divorce” I’ve been moved from a gilded cage to a clear Lucite box Both are sanctioned by society… Bearing people’s unknowing “stamp of approval” So, […]
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Work in Progress – Aug. 18, 2022
The Apple Tree By Isabelle Levine, age 9 It is autumn and my apples are ripening. Soon the whole Lee Family will come to my trunk for a grand party. My leaves are shaking with excitement for that day to come. I love all the happy faces and laughter. In fact, that day is tomorrow! […]
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Scuttlebutt and Community Calendar – Aug. 11, 2022
SCUTTLEBUTT Safety tip If you have to evacuate, you may not be with your family; so, know how to contact each other if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar. Consider your family’s specifics — including children, those with functional needs and pets. Create a network relevant to specific areas where you may need […]
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Book review: ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
By Izzy Stringham White River Books Summer is always the best time to curl up and read for the sake of entertainment alone. Something about the hot days and long afternoons make escaping into a good book the best way to spend a few hours. Need something to take on that beach vacation or throw […]