A certain segment of our society repeatedly rejects science and the guidance it gives us on how to conduct our lives. The existence of evolution, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic are ignored as figments of some egghead’s imagination.
When I took a beginning science class early in… read more →
By Dale Will
It wasn’t long ago that many were predicting the end of agriculture in our valley. Rising real estate values were seen as the death knell to our local capacity to grow food. Fortunately, we’re now in the midst of a true renaissance in public concern about local… read more →
By Diane Kenney
Founder of the Carbondale Clay Center
The Carbondale Clay Center was born in 1997. This year marks its 25th anniversary. As the founding director, I never could have imagined all that was to happen in that extremely humble building tucked in at the end… read more →
The Apple Tree
By Isabelle Levine, age 9
It is autumn and my apples are ripening. Soon the whole Lee Family will come to my trunk for a grand party.
My leaves are shaking with excitement for that day to come. I love all the… read more →
Elected officials are meeting with highway engineers to grapple with how to keep mudslides and rockfalls, caused by the Grizzly Creek fire scar, from shutting down the 12-mile Glenwood Canyon segment of Interstate 70. When Nature wreaked its canyon havoc, Garfield County Road 100, leading to Cottonwood Pass,… read more →
By Izzy Stringham
White River Books
Summer is always the best time to curl up and read for the sake of entertainment alone. Something about the hot days and long afternoons make escaping into a good book the best way to spend a few… read more →
Re: Lumberyard
I think the new lumberyard will have some negative effects not mentioned in last week’s article. I would expect the folks at CRMS will hear the beep-beep-beep of backup alarms from the forklifts and loaders starting at some very early hour. And during temperature…
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By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
Special to The Sopris Sun
Nature Note: Finding the new in the familiar
Even in a place as beautiful and varied as the Roaring Fork Valley, even in the height of summer, it’s easy to…
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By Jamie LaRue, Executive Director
Garfield County Libraries
In 2012, I was invited by the U.S. State Department to give some presentations in Moscow. There was a big annual publisher exposition, and people from all over the world showed up for it. My job was to talk… read more →
By Alya Howe
Hey, you, and me
Say yes to WE
For only in Unity
Can this be,
the “land of the free.”
United States of mind
Is it…
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