You’ll be reading this towards the end of the Jewish month of Elul, a few days before Rosh Hashonah (the universe’s birthday) and maybe two weeks before Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). The 10 days between are called “The Ten Days of Awe.” Here’s how these 39-days work. Yom Kippur, a day of fasting […]
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Seeking Haystacks: Wonder
This fall, in our 25th year of Tomorrow’s Voices classes, 32 high school students will read the Phaedo. In it, Socrates argues that in an age of widespread disinformation and political corruption, it is far too easy to become misanthropic and misologic — hating reasoning and introspection. Ultimately, the dialogue speaks to the power of […]
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Money Juice: Making more money but still feeling strapped
Finances are the number one cause of stress for Americans. This is confirmed by a recent study compiled by Capital One that shows 73% of Americans rank finances as the number one stressor in their lives ahead of politics, work and family. Isn’t it crazy? Not really, I guess, when you consider most of us […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: The call from lay leadership to ordained ministry
By Reverend E. Wendy Huber This month, VOICES Radio Hour invites leaders and representatives from the Valley’s spiritual community to dive into the journey that shaped them, starting with Reverend E. Wendy Huber of St. Peters of the Valley Episcopal Church. Tune into KDNK Community Access Radio on Friday, Sept. 12 at 6pm for an […]
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Ps&Qs: Irish democracy, making the federal government impotent
Apparently, I have a doppelganger. And no, it’s not my sister. Years ago, before my younger sister moved back to town, I would get random questions like, “Why didn’t you wave back at me?!” Or, “Hey, when did you start working at NAPA?” And recently, a friend told me she was calling my name across […]
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Why my prostate cancer story is a call for screening, advocacy and hope
For years, September meant the end of summer, celebrating birthdays and all the little rituals of a season changing. But this year, September carries a very different meaning: it’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month — and decision time for me to select a treatment. In July, I shared publicly that I had been diagnosed. I wrote […]
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The not-so-great Crystal River dry-up
By Bill JochemsCVEPA Views The United States Drought Monitor classifies the Crystal Valley in a state of exceptional drought. Even though River Valley Ranch is within this exceptional drought zone, diners on the deck of the Homestead Restaurant can enjoy the magnificent, luscious green view to the south. They will not see the slightest hint […]
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Freedom still lives
After a seven-year hiatus, the Regional Rainbow Gathering returned to Colorado, nestled in the Uncompahgre Forest looking up at formidable Lone Cone Mountain. Seventy-four or so misfits from across the U.S. camped in scattered tents, vehicles, a Food-Not-Bombs bus, with no fire, good spirits and plenty of weed. My brief stay with the Rainbow family […]
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Historiography: Colorado’s queer history
The Gilpin Observer, Dec. 5, 1907: Trinidad, Colorado — Katherine Vosbaugh, an eccentric Frenchwoman of brilliant attainments, died here the other day at the age of 83, after masquerading for 60 years as a man. The woman donned trousers when a girl and had a horror of skirts up to the time of her death […]
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Dream Well: The immovable shining cow
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 Dream I had a dream there was a […]