December Ends By Nancy McAtavey Carbondale On this last afternoon of the year, I light my window candles early. I do not want darkness in my home tonight. As I walk from room to room, turning on each white bulb, I am flooded with memories of Christmastime. When I was young, as young as I […]
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Work in Progress – Dec. 22, 2022
Hello Darkness By Jampa Carbondale It’s that time of year When darkness drops without dusk And crushes the light. The Resourceful Elf By Tom Mercer Former Carbondalian Snuffles the Elf had mixed feelings about the coming Christmas. Santa had selected Snuffles to oversee the maintenance and upgrading of his sleigh just over 100 years ago, […]
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Work in Progress – Dec. 15, 2022
Winter finds its way By Just Jim Glenwood Springs We’ve been waiting For you to stick around Settle on the hills And pile on the pass Dogs wear you On their snouts As cats hesitate To skim your surface Skiers cut through Like butter As you bite finger tips And little toes So Mothers dress […]
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Work in Progress – Dec. 8, 2022
The last Christmas By Shelly Merriam Dec. 25, 2009 The square table was set for four A homespun family cloth and folded napkins Cobalt blue heirloom dinnerware and goblets It all came from another table in another time The small tree, unpacked from its box stood taller than its three-foot reach Illuminated, the branches gently […]
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Work in Progress – Dec. 1, 2022
December First Nancy McAtavey Carbondale Continued from “The House at #45” on the Nov. 24 Work in Progress page December 1. This is the day that I have been waiting for. Today, after school Aunt Kitty and I will finish the nativity scene and light the window candles for the first time. But, this is […]
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Work in Progress – Nov. 24, 2022
The House at #45 Nancy McAtavey Carbondale I loved the bigness of the house at number 45; the kitchen with its cast iron stove, the dining room where I built forts under the claw foot table, the front parlor with the upright piano that no one ever played. At the top of the front staircase […]
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Work in Progress – Nov. 17, 2022
The Beautiful Sandwich Shelly Bergerhouse Merriam February 19, 2021 Glenwood Springs She could always make the most beautiful sandwich. A loving memory of her Emporia, Kansas college years and lunch with her Alpha Sigma sisters. A block of cheddar cheese shredded on her mother’s tin grater bent from decades of use, As was her finger […]
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Work in Progress – Nov. 9, 2022
Your creativity counts By Just Jim It’s on the wall Down Main Street Everywhere you look Creativity abounds Carbondale, Glenwood And beyond Sprouting from minds and hearts Through fingers on the page It seeps through the cracks Up through your toes Falls from the sky Like snowflakes and red hats Admittedly, sometimes difficult to pin […]
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Work in Progress: Oct. 27, 2022
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 Kitty Riley At last the pall of Summer heat is lifted Breezes toss gold Coins from aspen trees That meld […]
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Work in Progress – Oct. 20, 2022
A letter to our editor By James Steindler When you’re away, We stay afloat, it’s true But, there’s something missing… Well, it’s just not the same without you The journey takes you far Curiosity in tow Colorfully documenting Wherever you go In a hostel in Éire Gazing over chimneys In a meadow Walled by rock […]