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Category: Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Eating Right, and Frugally, in Pagosa Springs

ESSAY: Eating Right, and Frugally, in Pagosa Springs

Posted on June 10, 2024June 15, 2024 by Post Contributor

One way to save is in knowing our grocers; I shop each one for different things and combine my shop days…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
PHOTO ESSAY: Senior Picnic in Yamaguchi Park

PHOTO ESSAY: Senior Picnic in Yamaguchi Park

Posted on June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 by Rosa Chavez

Thanks to the community, staff, board members and all the volunteers for an exceptional community picnic this past Friday…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

BOOKISH: Puppies!

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by Richard Donnelly

Unhappiness seems to be on a lot of minds. Starting with politics, there are a lot of unhappy people…

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ESSAY: Jim Evans and the Battle for PILT

Posted on May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 by Post Contributor

I did a double take when I saw the headline, “Meeker County to call on Congress to pay up for federal lands…”

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BOOKISH: Writer Kindness

Posted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 by Richard Donnelly

“Tell me, is this any good?” I hate that question. I hate it because I have to answer in a way that will cause them angst…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

BOOKISH: Stand and Deliver

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Richard Donnelly

And writing is physical. You sit in one place for hours, striking keys. You feel guilty if you get up…

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DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Ragwater's Supernatural Rite of Spring

DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Ragwater’s Supernatural Rite of Spring

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 by DC Duncan

But calling this pagan phantasmagoria a mere “concert” would be a gross understatement. This was something out of a goddamn Stanley Kubrick movie…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: What Matters Most

DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: What Matters Most

Posted on April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 by DC Duncan

The morning sunlight filters through the closed blinds signaling a brand new day. Our bedroom basks in a soft, warm glow…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
BOOKISH: The Woman in the Minivan

BOOKISH: The Woman in the Minivan

Posted on April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 by Richard Donnelly

My writer friend is very nice to everyone. She is a volunteer at schools, reading to children. What’s her novel about? It’s a murder mystery, she tells me…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: By Inclination, a Researcher

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: By Inclination, a Researcher

Posted on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 by Gary Beatty

I am becoming ever more convinced that I began my education after learning not to take anything, or anybody, too seriously…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

TROOPER TIPS: Safety During a Change of Seasons

Posted on April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 by Post Contributor

Sliding cars perpendicular on the roadway in blizzard like conditions have been replaced with Bambis and Thumpers…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
PHOTO ESSAY: A Satisfying Lunch at the Pagosa Senior Center

PHOTO ESSAY: A Satisfying Lunch at the Pagosa Senior Center

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Jeff Laydon

I noticed they had Crispy Cod on the menu. I made a reservation with a phone call and showed up about 12:30…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY: I Moved to New Mexico to Report on the Aftermath of a Massive Wildfire

ESSAY: I Moved to New Mexico to Report on the Aftermath of a Massive Wildfire

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Post Contributor

The federal government had accidentally triggered the blaze; now the Federal Emergency Management Agency was in charge of distributing checks to compensate people…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
Hail to the Chief!... Fond Memories of Warren Grams

Hail to the Chief!… Fond Memories of Warren Grams

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by DC Duncan

Warren had been around for quite sometime. As it turned out, 86 years. And those were good years, well spent, but I wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye…

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ESSAY: Up for a 7-day Kindness Challenge?

Posted on March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 by Post Contributor

An Oxford University study showed that doing a kind action every day for seven days increased people’s happiness…

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ESSAY: Money, and the Great Transition

Posted on March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 by David Korten

We are currently experiencing the final stage in a great 10,000-year human cultural transformation…

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Spectator of Human Folly

Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by Gary Beatty

I’m just a couple of years behind Mr. Koehler chronologically. But I’m not quite ready to “give up”…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Caring Can Be a Fickle Thing

Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 by Post Contributor

At the moment, I’m in Colorado enjoying vacation with my family. We have a large house stocked with plenty of food…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Red Rover, Red Rover…

Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 by Robert Koehler

I can feel the wind on my face, the gravel at my feet – oh so minutely, but with enough realness to pull me back seven decades…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
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