It’s a surreal experience to pick up el Sol del Valle on a Friday. Here is a full newspaper, all in Spanish, now hovering at 20 pages packed with local and regional news as well as original art and cultural anecdotes. I am delighted, turning each page and lingering on a photo or headline, making […]
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Ps&Qs: A flying circus
Have you heard of project 2025? (No, that’s not the name of Aspen’s new airport plan.) Remember Trump’s first term? Specifically, when he showed up at the White House with his troupe of misfit carnies, asking where the coffee maker was … government desks and departments left empty for months — even years — as […]
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Seeking Haystacks: Bearing witness
In “A Man for All Seasons,” Sir Thomas More dismisses his daughter’s pleas to save his own life by compromising his ideals and acquiescing to Henry VIII. He says, “When a man takes an oath, Meg, he’s holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then, he […]
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Dream Well: Pursuing our pursuers
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting www.dreamhealings.com DreamI burned sage before sleeping and I felt […]
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For sex, see librarian
When I was 13, I kissed a girl. Many times. I was feeling pretty good about it until I overheard my mother, a head nurse at the Veterans Administration hospital, mention something to a colleague over the phone about the treatment of venereal disease. When you wanted to learn about something in those days, long […]
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CVEPA Views: The River of No Return
My beautiful summer of moderate temps, ample moisture and smoke-free skies got spicier with a phone call from a friend. Their rafting permit on the Main Salmon River in Western Idaho was canceled last year due to a large forest fire. Their permit was honored this summer, and one party could not make the trip […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Life-changing teachers
By Lisa Rocco What does “life-changing” mean to me? Life-changing is something that brings immense transformation to one’s life impacting their path, perspective and the direction of their life’s journey. Sometimes this can come through certain circumstances, unexpected events, people we meet, or unravel itself in unexpected ways. How do I define “teacher?” In a […]
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September 11, 2001
On Sept. 10, 2001, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the Green Berets, was a wide-open base. Anyone could drive through most of it without showing ID. This was possible because, for many years, our country had enjoyed peacetime without major stateside security concerns. My husband, Ted, was on active duty there, on staff at […]
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Money Juice: How will a drop in federal interest rates impact your finances?
Sept. 17 and 18, y’all. The Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policy-making arm, will meet again to discuss whether to lower interest rates or not. Speculation is high! Here’s what Investopedia.com thinks: “Some experts expect the Fed to hold rates steady at a target of 5.25%-5.50%, as the Fed still waits […]
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Bear in mind
As a Colorado native, I have traditionally bristled at the comparison of nuisance bears to overgrown city rats. Nestled in the White River National Forest, I see myself more like Goldilocks living in the bears’ home. I estimate five bears are habitating around my one-acre lot that serves as a conduit to their water source: […]