I, like most of the people of Pagosa Country, are transplants. But some plants don’t do too well in colder zones…
Author: DC Duncan
DC has been a frustrated musician for over fifty years, and now has decided to become a frustrated writer. Learn more at DCDuncan.com. He’ll keep you posted.
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Happy New Year, Earthlings!
I think it’s unlikely that scientists will discover intelligent life on other planets…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: The Real Santa Claus
We would run downstairs, with Mother in hot pursuit, and on entering the living room, we were astounded at the sight…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Expiration Dates
Recently I pulled a package of cream cheese out of the inner recesses of the refrigerator…
ESSAY: Phyl Has Left the Building!
Her fiery Letters to the Editor were legendary. She thought that the coming of a big-box store was the beginning of the end of life as we knew it…
ESSAY: Roberto Garcia, Jr… Master Sculptor
Photos by Jeff Laydon, Pagosa Photography. Sunday, November 13, 2022 was cold and crisp – a perfect afternoon to attend an artist reception high above Aspen Springs. The joyous event was the unveiling of Roberto Garcia’s latest bronze masterpiece at his awe-inspiring foundry. On entering the massive foundry doors you are instantly transported to another READ MORE
ESSAY: Come Let Me Love You
Summer Phillips enjoyed an extraordinary, carefree life. She was Pagosa’s premier goldsmith, a masterful artist with a huge clientele…
‘Ragwater’ Will Rock the ComFest This Friday at Town Park
Get out your dancing shoes, children, and get ready for the premier rock band in Southwest Colorado…
Please Consider the Summer Phillips Pierce GoFundMe Effort
Summer and her husband Chris Pierce have a long row to hoe…
ESSAY: The Warrior Woman
There are only 96 beds at the Craig Hospital and patients have to qualify to get in, but Summer was a shoe-in…
ESSAY: The Legacy of John Porter
Besides being an avid sailor, a rough-and-tumble rugby player, an actor, producer, entrepreneur, expert skier, bon vivant and charming man-about-town, John was a dedicated and loving husband…
POEM: Moonlit World
When my woman talks it’s a symphony… Like a nightingale’s song she sings to me…
A Standing Ovation for a Grand Dame
The couple settled in the charming borough of Beaver, PA, on the banks of the magnificent Ohio River…
OBITUARY: Marilyn Duncan Smith
On September 23, 1927 in New Brighton, PA, Marilyn Jean Shaffer was born. She was raised to be a generous, compassionate, Christian woman…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Family Lotus
Three weeks ago I got a call from Jerry. He and his girlfriend, Barbara, were planning a trip to Pagosa Springs…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Rescue Mode
And then I heard it again. Yes. No mistaking. That was definitely a female yelling “help….”
ESSAY: My Mother’s Swan Song
On June 14, 2001 Spike came home from a convention in Austin and Mom made him his favorite delicacy: macaroni and cheese with tomatoes…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: A Refuge in Aspen Springs
When I die, spread my ashes on this land; and when you hear the wind gently blowing through the pines, it is my voice, singing to you from afar…