When I was a child, my mother did three things that turned me into a reader. First, she signed me up for a library card. Later, she enrolled me in the Landmark series of American biographies for children, aimed at kids 10-15. There were similar series: Bobbs-Merrill’s “Childhood of Famous Americans,” which ran from the […]
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Sol del Valle is a community mosaic
I vividly remember the pride and happiness I felt back in 2015 when I asked my dad to pull over so I could pick up The Sopris Sun in Basalt, where I went to school. My poem had been published — “I’d be lying if I told you…”It was a poem I wrote in my […]
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Mature Content: Science, reason and local government
Editor’s note: The opinions, including political endorsements, of columnists do not reflect those of The Sopris Sun. As a career healthcare provider, I believe in science; that is, in ideas and beliefs that have been subjected to persistent, unsuccessful attempts to disprove them. As a scientist, my mind is open to questions and new information. […]
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The Sopris Sun and me
When I was a Roaring Fork High School sophomore in Carmen McCracken’s AP English Composition class, a man named James Steindler came to speak with us about a relatively new invention: The Sopris Sun’s Youth News Bureau. James himself was a somewhat disheveled man wearing a mismatched suit and a cowboy shirt. He was enthusiastic, […]
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Breaking back into theater
On June 3, I said “yes” to an opportunity that would become one of the most healing and exciting endeavors of my year, so far — the second installment of VOICES’ Queer Voices Project: “Authentically Versus…” I was speaking with MinTze Wu that day about the summer teen residency program VOICES was hosting and, though […]
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Money Juice: Your net worth does equal your self-worth
I’m not interested in shaming anyone, especially when it comes to money matters. However, the stark truth about your net worth is that it’s proportionately related to what you believe you’re capable of. It’s astonishing how much of our financial landscape is dictated by our inner landscape. What is net worth? Net worth is defined […]
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Letter from the Editor: We’re better together
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 […]