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As Lake Powell dwindles, wonders open up | Writers on the Range
On May 9, protected by neoprene, I bobbed around in a flooded canyon in Utah’s Lake Powell. The reservoir had fallen below 35% full, which gave me the unique opportunity to free-dive through an underwater bridge that was now suddenly within reach. I eyed the 100 feet of sheer sandstone rising out of the water.…
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What’s Your Take On … The nightly neighborhood fireworks show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What’s your take on fireworks going off at all hours? We’re not talking about on the Fourth of July — that’s another story. Fireworks are illegal in Colorado Springs city limits, yet the police got…
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Can’t get you out of my head | From the Editor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ever have a song stuck in your head for hours, days — or even weeks? Is there a song that just keeps coming back to you, and you can’t get it out of your mind?…
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Writing — It takes as long as it takes | Intentional Living in the Cañon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save My creativity shows up most often in the form of ideas. Ideas come to me when I’m in nature — on a solo hike, on a short walk by the creek in my neighborhood, when…
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Looking back to when water was plentiful | Writers on the Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched three acres of its riverfront float away. More recently, it’s been…
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A tail of two goldfish past, present | Life Happens
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In February, my sister Laurie’s pet koi goldfish, Charlie and Lola, left this world for that great sushi restaurant in the sky. According to Laurie, Lola died first, probably from natural causes, and Charlie followed…
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Looking back to when water was plentiful | Writers on the Range
During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched three acres of its riverfront float away. More recently, it’s been drought, and then worse drought. Jacobson farms on Lamborn Mesa, perched above Paonia, population 1,500. He keeps his orchard of…
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A tail of two goldfish past, present | Life Happens
In February, my sister Laurie’s pet koi goldfish, Charlie and Lola, left this world for that great sushi restaurant in the sky. According to Laurie, Lola died first, probably from natural causes, and Charlie followed her shortly after, most likely from a broken heart. There were no tears, just fond memories of these koi who…
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What’s Your Take On … The nightly neighborhood fireworks show
What’s your take on fireworks going off at all hours? We’re not talking about on the Fourth of July — that’s another story. Fireworks are illegal in Colorado Springs city limits, yet the police got so many calls (225) for fireworks complaints on July 4 that they were only able to respond to less than…
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Can’t get you out of my head | From the Editor
Ever have a song stuck in your head for hours, days — or even weeks? Is there a song that just keeps coming back to you, and you can’t get it out of your mind? “Any time a song gets ‘stuck’ in your head, you are experiencing “involuntary music imagery” aka an earworm,” states a…