…except on holidays and weekends. It’s time to put away the skateboards, saddles, scooters and other fun toys and games, and break out the paper, pens, computers and books ‘cuz summer has come to an end and the school year is starting. Summer is over and you must go to school. No time to play […]
Jane Bachrach
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Scene Seven By Don Marlin Richard and Sally didn’t return the phone call for over an hour. It was probably a good time to have more coffee, lunch, sugar and a circling of each respective wagon train in the two states. I continued to ponder the problem of why this one-way portal was present, and […]
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Retirement and pickleball lands Carbondalian in New York Times
Nannette Weinhold retired from a 35-year teaching career in June 2023. On the doorstep thereof, and in the midst of the pandemic, she gave pickleball a try.“It’s extremely addictive,” she said of the sport. “Once you start getting a taste of it and you start getting better, you can’t stop.”“I used my cognitive ability for […]
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Weather … or not
PHOTOS & TEXT BY JANE BACHRACH Despite some angry weather conditions, the Roaring Fork Pickleball Associations’ tournament last weekend was a success. In addition to the battles taking place on the courts, the battles with mother nature made it even more exciting. Each day, from Thursday through Sunday, players and onlookers braved the elements from […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
I Am MeVOICES and Stepping Stones are teaming up to offer Youth Queer VOICES Summer Residency, a program “that explores questions of identity and belonging in a supportive, creative and validating environment with peers” featuring teachers from various artistic backgrounds. This is a free, eight-week program designed for students, ages 12 to 18, who are […]
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Bon Voyage, MomBy Jeanne Souldern In the spring of 2001, I drove with my 9-year-old daughter, Abby, to Red Wing, Minnesota, my mom’s hometown nestled along the banks of the Mississippi River. My mom and her three sisters grew up in a Lutheran children’s home in Red Wing in the 1930s. Noting that this was […]
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Community that creates together …
Photos by Will Sardinsky Green Is The New Black has been going strong for 13 runs. This year, models and dancers took to the runway attired in up-cycled, repurposed and natural materials. The designs are intricate and, put simply, breathtaking. A big takeaway each year is the community collaboration that brings it all together. This […]
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The Animal is approaching
The Sopris Sun is excited to announce that a once-familiar Animal is about to emerge from a lengthy hibernation. This Animal was thought to be extinct but, much to animal-lovers’ delight, it has surprised experts with its remarkable capacity to evolve and resurrect itself. It was last seen roaming the streets of the Roaring Fork […]
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One Night Before ChristmasBy Tom MercerForever Carbondalian It was “that time of year again.” To Santa and Mrs. Claus, it seemed only weeks had passed since the previous Christmas, but both knew that as the days grew shorter it meant that Christmas was just around the corner (although there were no actual street corners in […]
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Have you Herd?
On Oct. 20, the Nieslanik family, friends, horses and dogs moooved their cattle through the roundabout and over Colorado Avenue, which has always been a treat for the Carbondale community. As always, when they heard the “mooing,” residents and workers poured out of their homes and offices to enjoy the bi-annual event which brings them […]