‘Goats on the Go’Photos & text by Jane BachrachCarbondale If you haven’t seen the 275 environmentally-friendly weed eaters stationed along County Road 100 (Catherine Store Road) outside of Carbondale, they’ll be here for about three more weeks, that is unless it snows. Snow is baaaad for goats so they may have to leave early. Chances […]
Fiction
Work in Progress is The Sopris Sun’s platform to highlight the local community’s creativity. Fictional short stories, poems and illustrations can be submitted to fiction@soprissun.com to be published.
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Works in Progress – Aug. 21, 2025
I Am A Town By Lisa Dancing-LightCarbondale I am a town where people say “Hi” on the street.I am a town where people come together to meet. I am a town with the best places to eat.I am a town where you can buy local “Grass-fed Beef.” I am a town with ranchers and hikers.I am a […]
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Works in Progress – Aug. 14, 2025
Country CousinsFred Malo Jr. Carbondale Not having the foresight to get married and raise children, I got exactly what I deserved. I’ve become a 76-year-old with no immediate family. What I do have is a bevy of first cousins on or near the Camas Prairie in north central Idaho. Each year I travel to the […]
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Baron von LingenhovenBy Golda Wolfe This is an excerpt from an unpublished novel. All Rights Reserved. No use without permission. Baron Eric von Lingenhoven bought the chalet in the Engadine when its rocks were splotched in bright lichen, attesting to their undisturbed age. Inside, von Lingenhoven breathed the fragrance of sap that sweetly seeped from […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt 3
The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will be hidden in Carbondale’s heart. Through Main Street’s charm and gallery halls, past murals bright on building walls. The treasure waits where artists gather, where community bonds grow ever stronger. So, […]
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‘Bonedale’ excerpt: FlickerBy Patrick Kitson Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Patrick Kitson’s new collection of short stories, “Bonedale.” Born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley, Kitson coined the term “Valley Horror” in reference to his particular brand of homebrewed speculative fiction which largely takes place in and around the snowy climes […]
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HAY! It’s Art Photo and text by Jane Bachrach Other than those counting on another cutting, haying season is already nearing the end for some ranchers on Missouri Heights. For those unfamiliar with the changing landscape on Missouri Heights, during the last few weeks or so the pastures located on the once rural plateau became […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt number two
Inspired by Forest Fenn, we have a treasure hunt you can more easily win. Look for a clue in the Sopris Sun to let you know when the hunt has begun. The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will […]
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What and whyBy Rick DavisGlenwood Springs What and Why are two questions that I sometimes ask myselfWhen I was much younger, I would ask myself the usual questions“What is life about, and Why am I here?”This was asked when I first woke in the morning andas I lay my head down at the day’s end.I […]