Tag: books
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When trolleys roamed Colorado Springs streets — and the book that tells their story
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was long ago, 1950, but the childhood memory is as bright as that trolley was in Denver. “The big yellow cars, that’s what they were called,” John Haney says, thinking back on the ride. “That was their last year of operation in Denver.” The…
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Meet the Colorado Springs explorer captivating 40,000 Facebook fans with weird, famous and forgotten places
It was nothing. It was everything. It was one morning 11 years ago. Heath Gay woke in his Colorado Springs home. He was not yet 40 at the time. “I had a growth on my forehead,” he says. “By the end of the day, it doubled in size. … I was freaking out.” So much…
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Thomas E. Cronin, a Colorado Springs treasure, and his “Fireside Chats of a Retired College President”
Among Colorado Springs’ crown jewels are, of course, Pikes Peak (America’s Mountain), Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds, The Broadmoor, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Pioneers Museum and Fine Arts Center. A book extolling the numerous strengths of the Springs would require a substantial collection of the community’s many facets. Such a…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them.…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them. A few regulars sat in the reading section, perusing periodicals.…
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Book on Colorado’s historic cemeteries tells of forgotten people, places
Eilene Lyon has a curious hobby. “Going to antique stores and picking up old photographs that have a name on them, and I research these people and I write about them on the blog,” she explained from her longtime home in Durango. “The aim is to return the photographs to relatives. That’s been very rewarding…
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Pikes Pick: New book a lyrical rumination on LeBron and much more
“There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” is a book about much more than basketball and ascension. It’s about LeBron James’ teenage rise in Ohio, coinciding with author Hanif Abdurraqib’s adolescence there, and about those lost in America’s cultural, political shuffle. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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‘I love story’: Colorado Springs author releases 40th book, reflects on writing career
After having her first child, Kimberley Woodhouse found herself captivated by writing. Her baby, Josh, was often sick. To cope, Woodhouse turned to the pen. “I just started writing in the middle of the night to do something with the creative juices. I never told anybody, because I was a music person,” she said. The…
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Denver author’s superhero world born from darkness of disease
Eden wakes up in a hospital room, bleary-eyed and confused. She had been struck by lightning, a doctor explains, and her brain had been altered. “You’ve had three seizures since you’ve been here,” the doctor says. Eden is diagnosed with epilepsy. She falls into the arms of her brother and cries. “I’m so scared,” she…
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A Colorado Springs writer of today reflects on Helen Hunt Jackson’s words of yesterday
Ahead of Red Rock Canyon opening in 2005 to be one of Colorado Springs’ favorite public grounds, Stewart Green was tasked with establishing climbing routes across the sandstone walls. This led him to naming some of the formations. One was the unmistakable behemoth appearing to submerge near the park’s center — “the whale,” Green called…