By Susan Rhea “I see friends shaking hands, saying, ‘How do you do?’ They’re really saying, ‘I love you.’” -Louis Armstrong, “What a Wonderful World” I live on a busy Carbondale corner. From my “everything” table, no longer just for dining, I look out three large windows at the local world. I see children playing […]
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Seeking Haystacks: Seeking America
Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—Let it be that great strong land of loveWhere never kings connive nor tyrants schemeThat […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Justice DinnerThe Roaring Fork United Methodists Justice Ministries Team is hosting a Justice Dinner and panel discussion at 6pm on Friday, Jan. 17, in the Glenwood Springs Library Community Room (second floor). Invited panelists include representatives from Voces Unidas, Cook Inclusive, Planned Parenthood, PFLAG, Gay For Good and the Garfield County Public Libraries District, addressing […]
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Getting into good trouble
While most schools in the Roaring Fork Valley, and the country, had Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork was in session. “Today we are choosing to intentionally hold school, because we wanted to bring all of our students, community and teachers together in order to take […]