Potato Days is this weekend. “Get your kicks on Root 66” is the theme, and when I think about my own roots in this town I start to get all wispy and sentimental. My great grandfather bought the Mount Sopris Ranch from Eugene Grubb in 1923. Mr. Grubb introduced Carbondale to the potato; he even […]
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CVEPA Views: Chipeta, Target and the transcendent power of forgiveness
Of all the remarkable characters who have touched the history of western Colorado, none intrigues me more than Chipeta. The bride of Ouray, she has transcended both time and space as a light in this world. Her powers were certainly not lost on Ouray, the most influential and powerful of the Ute at a time […]
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Recognizing the silent signs of suicide
Editor’s note: Translation assisted by artificial intelligence, edited by Owen McArdle Mónica Grijalva Ruiz holds a Masters of Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. September was Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, an opportunity to talk about a topic that often remains unspoken. In our communities, talking about mental health can be difficult. Many […]
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‘Holy ballot, Batman!’
Government is a core pillar of society. When choosing our leaders, there is a lot to unpack, and this column is intended to help readers do just that before election day. I was appointed the head of “all things money” by my family a quarter century ago and I’ve been reappointed every year since. If […]
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Dream Well: Have you been visited?
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 dreamhealings.com Dreams 1) I had a lucid dream […]
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Historiography: Hot potato
Author’s note: To view the rare Red McClure potato as well as other localheirloom vegetables, visit the Carbondale Heritage Garden Booth at Potato Day. In the 1940s, schoolteacher and farm wife Edna Sweet compiled historical accounts of the first homesteaders. In her book, “Carbondale Pioneers 1879-1890,” Sweet tells a familiar tale of a miner turned […]
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The View from the Therapy Pool: Happy climate news
Too many climate activists mope around like Joe Btfsplk, the character in Al Capp’s comic strip Li’l Abner that walks around with a permanent dark cloud over his head. Yes, the outlook is bleak with all the heat domes and waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, and rising sea levels that are here […]
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The voice of Sol del Valle ‘is built by all of us’
There are moments in life when saying goodbye does not mean putting a period at the end of a story, but rather pausing to look at everything that has been built and trusting in what comes next. When I officially submitted my resignation from Sol del Valle because of my move to another state, I […]
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Amateur Eats: Peppino’s
“Amateur Eats” is The Sopris Sun’s new food review, written by Carbondale resident and eating enthusiast Jake Skardon and published on the third Thursday of each month. RESTAURANT RATING:Cuisine: Pizza and beerQuality: (4/5)Price: ~ $15 Carbondale: idyllic mountain town, dutiful fief in the kingdom of SkiCo, crimes reportedly few. However, police have been lax, to […]
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
Dear Sopris Sun readers, I’m excited to share that this year marks the fourth year of our special campaign celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Over these five weeks, we dedicate time to honoring the history, culture, achievements and contributions of the Spanish-speaking community throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. This year is a […]