Amy Hadden MarshFrom the Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England Looking out the bus window, I couldn’t see a thing. It was pitch black outside. No roads — except for the one upon which we were traveling and lit only by our headlights — no cars, no lights in the distance signaling habitation, just a curtain of […]
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Solstice thoughts on landscapes — environmental, psychological and political
Walt Whitman said that “all truths wait in all things.” I am often intrigued by patterns that reappear across a spectrum of physical and metaphysical experience. One Lakota proverb landed fairly close to Whitman: “The spiritual landscape is revealed in the physical landscape.” In my experience, the resonance between the physical and the metaphysical is […]
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Delighting in the dark
At least 100 people sat together in the dark and silence for several long minutes on Dec. 20, accompanying Persephone’s underworld transformation. That may sound mundane — a room full of people doing ostensibly nothing. But it was, in fact, profound. Waves of discomfort rippled through the audience, now participants, in what felt for moments […]
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Curated Calendar – Dec. 18 to Dec. 28
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 TAROT READINGSTodd at Crystal Tuning in Glenwood Springs (802 Grand Avenue) offers tarot readings every Thursday from 1 to 3pm. THIRD THURSDAY BOOK CLUBThe Third Thursday Book Club discusses “The Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon at the Carbondale Library from 2 to 3:30pm. ICECREAM & CHOCOLATEThe Basalt Library hosts a “scoop-tacular” home-made […]
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Seeking Haystacks: When day comes
When day comes, we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid … * Metaphorically, a solstice rep-resents a moment of pause or turning point in a cycle, where the balance of light and darkness shifts, signifying a time for reflection, renewal and rebirth. As a geography teacher, I love to teach about the earth, […]
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Works in Progress
After SolsticeBy Nancy Bo Flood DarknessBegins toDiminish A few minutes at first,But each day, more and more sunshinefreely given, Shared with all. LikeMoments of kindnessAdding light to this worldRipplesExtendingTo a friend, a stranger jogging byEven that grouchy neighbor next door.Bah humbug.Smile backOr extend a simple nod. May I help you? Hold open a door, help […]
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DanceAspen debuts ‘Solstice’ showcase
DanceAspen, a nonprofit contemporary dance company, will premiere its first summer showcase at the Wheeler Opera House on Aug. 25 and 26. This performance, titled “Solstice,” will feature work from world-renowned and award-winning choreographers Matthew Neenan of Philadelphia Ballet and Cayetano Soto of Barcelona, Spain. Audiences can also expect to see an all-time favorite piece […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – June 17, 2021
Holy Cross election Holy Cross Energy (HCE), a nonprofit member-owned electric cooperative, concluded its annual Board of Directors election on June 10. Ten individuals were nominated for three seats on the board: two representing HCE’s northern district and one representing the southern district. In the northern district, Kristen Bertuglia was re-elected with 31% of the […]