On Sunday, Feb. 15, the Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship hosted a book preview and blacksmith demonstration at Bethel Chapel in Glenwood Springs , where a crowd of participants took turns slowly transforming a gun into a garden tool. At the forge was Mike Martin, heating and turning a gunstock barrel, instructing participants where and how […]
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A conversation with author, activist Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson has done many different kinds of work over the years, including authoring 15 books since 1992 on facets of faith and spirituality — selling more than three million copies. In recent years, she has twice run as a Democratic presidential candidate, championing progressive positions with an emphasis on centering love within political action.Williamson […]
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Waterman chronicles arctic climate change in new book
Jon Waterman — National Geographic photographer, rugged adventurer, award-winning author — is publishing a new book, “Into the Thaw: Witnessing Wonder Amid the Arctic Climate Crisis,” a firsthand account of climate change in the Arctic Circle.Waterman had the first winter ascent of Mt. Denali’s Cassin Ridge in 1982; he’s kayaked North America’s Northwest Passage; boated […]
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Local author’s new book delves into resilience
Laurel C. Fox can be described as many things: voice-over and stage actress, singer, substitute teacher, go-getter, mother and now, author and advocate. Her new book, “Braveing the Way,” is a profoundly intimate piece of nonfiction that tells the story of her daughter’s traumatic brain injury. Taylor was hit by a car at the age […]
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John Fayhee presents a new memoir at White River
John Fayhee is well-known locally as editor of The Mountain Gazette for 12 years and contributing editor at Backpacker magazine, and for his work with various local papers — most recently editing the Roaring Fork Weekly, a midvalley paper that folded at the onset of COVID-19. Now a resident of New Mexico, Fayhee looks forward […]
