Sofie Koski

• Locations: Fiction, Opinion Published Oct. 26, 2022

  Work in Progress: Oct. 27, 2022

  Art by Sofie Koski

  Wendy Moore
  By Bob Schultz

  School servant leader
  Director of thespians
  Bravo Wendy Moore!

   

  End of the Leaves
  By Jampa 

  Leaves, most fallen down
  Follow me in on my shoes
  Crunching under foot.

   

  Ahhh…Fall
  By…

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• Locations: Fiction, Opinion Published Oct. 5, 2022

  Work in Progress - Oct. 5, 2022

  Art by Sofie Koski

  Dream Time
  By Tom Mercer

  Dream Induction Technologies Corporation (DITC) had established an incredible record of success since its creation in 2041. The company was founded by Jay Skillton-Adams, the neuroscientist who initially developed and commercialized the dream induction process.

  Skillton-Adams introduced… read more →

• Locations: News By Elizabeth Key Published Sep. 14, 2022

  Continuing the life cycle with green burials

  Shrouded green burial, photo courtesy of Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery

  Life is full of many cyclical trends — from fashion and food to names and colors — but it all starts with the cycle of life and, consequently, death. Burials, like produce, began trending in a less natural direction with the manipulation of an organic process.
  Pre-Civil War burials… read more →

• Locations: Fiction By Raleigh Burleigh Published Jun. 22, 2022

  Work in Progress - June 23, 2022

  

  The King of Panda Peak 

  By Nancy McAtavey

  “Honey, I’m home,” she called from the back door. “What have you been… oh, snap! You’ve got your ski boots on.” She set the shopping bag on the counter and reached for her cell phone. “I have to get a picture… read more →

• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Mar. 3, 2022

  Snow day, schmo day!

  Inclement weather on Feb. 23 caused the school board meeting, originally scheduled to be held in person at RFSD's Carbondale offices, to be pushed back into the Zoomverse — a location many of us would just as soon leave behind. Illustration by youth journalist Sofie Koski

  While Feb. 23 was a snow day for Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) students, the business of the Board of Education went forward. Their regularly-scheduled meeting, originally slated to be in-person at the district’s offices in Carbondale was, due to weather, held instead via Zoom.
  The board’s work session,… read more →

• Locations: Español By Kate Phillips Published Feb. 23, 2022

  La educación en casa ofrece una alternativa

  Foto de Sofie Koski, quien disfruta flexibilidad gracias a su educación en casa.

  Traducción por Dolores Duarte

  El sol empezaba a asomarse por la costa de California cuando se escuchó el suave sonido para el desayuno en la caravana de la familia Bannon-Levine, enclavada bajo las secuoyas. 

  Sin prisas, Katie Bannon, residente en Carbondale, y su marido, Scott Levine, conversaban con su… read more →

• Locations: News Published Dec. 29, 2021

  Why is journalism important?

  From left to right: Marlo Bowman, Maeve Murray, Sofie Koski and Jaris Elliott. Photo by James Steindler

  By Sopris Sun youth journalists

  Maeve Murray

  After joining The Sopris Sun’s new youth journalism program, we were asked one question: why is journalism important? We responded with various ways of saying: “getting information out to the public” and “connecting the community.” 

  However important these things are, throughout this… read more →

• Locations: News By Sofie Koski Published Nov. 17, 2021

  "Feeling Walls" explores the fragile edge of art

  Sara Ransford's art sits in the sunlight at the Carbondale Clay Center, enlivened by Joey Glickman's plants. Photo by youth journalist Jaris Elliott.

  Sara Ransford has been living in the Valley since 1977, moving from Carbondale to Aspen, and then back to Carbondale. She worked as an art teacher at both the Carbondale Middle School and Carbondale Elementary School during the ‘80s and ‘90s, where she met Diane Kenney, a fellow art teacher… read more →