I’ve got a question for ya; how old is the term “bucket list”? Okay two questions, did a GenXer invent it? The internet is all in a tizzy trying to […]
Jeannie Perry
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Ps & Qs: The slow lane to Enlightenment
Editor’s note: This throwback was initially written 15 years ago. As I sat in my little Easy-Bake Oven of a Subaru on Highway 82 the other day, I managed to […]
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Ps & Qs: Carbondale’s makeover
Carbondale has good bones. This is part of the problem. The ultra-wealthy have been buying up all the land around, while the rest of us play frogger in traffic all […]
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Welcome to Earth; please don’t mind all the junk!
There are two things we can count on in this world: death and taxes, and while death still appears to be an absolute, Garfield County property taxes are somewhat negotiable […]
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Ps&Qs: Booted and spurred
Well, here we are, three years since the start of the pandemic to beat all pandemics (at least in our lifetime). What a ride it has been! We did it. […]
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Ps&Qs: We can’t jump ship
Here’s what I know for sure: water is life, life is fragile, and we are lucky ducks to live on this little frickin’ miracle of existence — the SS Earth. […]
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Ps & Qs: The Grinch is going to jail
On Christmas day, my brother-in-law saw the Grinch getting arrested. He lives in a city much bigger than our Whoville-sized Carbondale, and he said a crowd watched as the police […]
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This Roevember, vote for women
This November, as I cast my ballot, I can’t help but think of the women who came before me and how hard they fought to be regarded as equal: equal […]
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Ps&Qs: Of monsters and men
Picture this: Cookie Monster sitting on a park bench looking out at the horizon and the thought bubble over his head reads: “Without my cookies, I’m just a monster.” That […]
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Ps & Qs: The tyranny of weapons
I don’t have the words for what just happened in Texas; what is happening in this country. Over 300 school shootings in the last 24 years and we do nothing […]