“Oh, a storm is threat’ning my very life today
If I don’t get some shelter oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away…”
I’m quarantined, listening to a 2011 recording of Gimme Shelter produced by Playing for Change, which seeks to “connect the… read more →
Stuff by Nicolette Toussaint
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Mar. 18, 2020
Seeking Higher Ground: Love in the time of Coronavirus
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Mar. 4, 2020
MinTze Wu’s musical journey of 7,156 miles
To watch MinTze Wu play classical violin — in the Sage string quartet as it performs Joseph Hayden’s Last Words of Christ at Third Street Center — is to witness artistic rapture.
To hear her play Irish fiddle — say, Turkey in the Straw at Beer… read more →
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Feb. 19, 2020
Seeking Higher Ground: Hey, RFTA, don’t leave us outta circulation in Carbondale!
Having experienced several big-city transit systems — San Francisco, Chicago, Denver — I can testify that RFTA is a gem.
When I moved here, I was astonished to learn that the Roaring Fork Transportation Agency is Colorado’s second-largest transit system, after Denver! (Huh, Colorado Springs?) Interestingly… read more →
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Jan. 15, 2020
Seeking Higher Ground: Inscribing my name in my hometown’s history
Having lived in big cities — Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco — my norm was to always be a stranger among strangers, looking warily over my shoulder, carrying mace in my pocket but craving connection and community.
I want to be recognized and remembered.… read more →
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Dec. 11, 2019
Seeking Higher Ground: ‘Too many junk’ from Christmas past
When I was a teenager, long before the Marie Kondo simplification trend, a young Japanese woman came once a week to restore order to our home — a house peopled by two adults, three huskies, two cats and five teenagers. Miko’s real reason for housekeeping was to practice… read more →
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Nov. 20, 2019
Ghost-Box City Market? Nah, how about a Playground for All Ages?
In this season of gratitude, among the blessings I count are the creativity and inclusiveness that characterize this town.
I could tally many examples, but Third Street Center embodies it all: As I write this, it’s bringing together the town’s English and Spanish-speaking communities for Dia de Los… read more →
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Oct. 16, 2019
Seeking Higher Ground: Coping with an overheated climate of anxiety
“Is this the house you’re giving to the church?” my friend asked. After I nodded, he commented, “That’s a very generous gift.”
Generous – or worthless?
As I told Larry, everything in this valley depends on snow in its various forms. It’s not just… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2019
Seeking Higher Ground: Walk at your own peril
Sound and fury at a Carbondale Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commission meeting?
Who’da thunk it?
The topic was 8th Street.
The fury came from John Hoffmann, former Carbondale trustee and current Senior Matters board member. “For heaven’s sake,” he fumed, “This… read more →
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Aug. 14, 2019
Antibiotics can cure the plague, but not stupidity
In early August, my friend Ylice Golden posted that she was “kind of freaked out that Colorado prairie dogs have the plague.”
Those infected prairie dogs probably wouldn’t have made the news at all had it not been for the fireworks show that usually happens… read more →
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Jul. 17, 2019
Seeking Higher Ground: Be a friend to bees
“Remember when we were kids and a field like this would be buzzing with bees? We were always afraid of getting stung.”
My friend Jae Gregory said that while standing in a meadow near the Maroon Bells that was bursting with dandelions. And she was… read more →
