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Published
Mar. 20, 2019
What I did with my parents’ bodies
want to share our experience of handling my parent’s end of life process as this may help others.
My mother died in August, 2014. My father died last May. In both cases my children and I cared for them at home as neither wanted… read more →
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Opinion
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Mar. 20, 2019
Seeking Higher Ground: Get swept away by beauty, not an avalanche
Several of my friends have described me as “fearless,” but it’s not true. Since adolescence, avalanches have left me frozen in fear.
Like so many mountain folk, I knew someone killed by one.
I remember the anxious buzz that rose in the ski patrol… read more →
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Opinion
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Mar. 20, 2019
A brief history of local broadcasting
In September of 1963, I got on the train in Springfield, Mass. and two days later got off in Glenwood Springs.
I was starting at Colorado Rocky Mountain School as a sophomore and besides having an electric guitar and amp, I had a Sony transistor… read more →
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Mar. 6, 2019
TRTC’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ brings audience to its feet
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) brings John Steinbeck’s depression-era novella vividly to life in “Of Mice and Men.”
The action opens with George Milton (Corey Simpson), chiding Lennie Small (Owen O’Farrell) for drinking water from a muddy stream while rough-camping near Soledad. George and Lennie are two “bindlestiffs”… read more →
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Opinion
Published
Dec. 26, 2018
There’s plenty new under The Sun
This time of year has, historically, not been the best for Carbondale newspapers.
In addition to the editor dying from Spanish Flu on Christmas 1918, there’s the whole matter of The Valley Journal closing with barely a goodbye on Christmas, 2008. I’ve left that to… read more →
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Opinion
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Dec. 5, 2018
‘Akimbo’ a wickedly funny visit with a family more dysfunctional than yours
If you’re feeling off-kilter about holiday family visits, Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of Kimberly Akimbo might be the tonic you need. The old adage says that laughter is the best medicine, and TRTC is providing a healthy dose of just that.
Written in 2000… read more →
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Opinion
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Nov. 28, 2018
On winter reading and the literature of place
Even though many people use fiction as a sort of escape, it’s the familiar elements that connect us to the story.
It’s one of the reasons folks have pushed so hard for more stories featuring people of different genders, cultures, classes and perspectives. Even so, it… read more →
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Opinion
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Oct. 3, 2018
There’s so much room for activities!
Since its inception, The Sun has been a little bit different.
I don’t just mean because we’re a nonprofit carrying on the quirky tradition set by The Valley Journal. We also launched with a slightly smaller format than area dailies. At the time, the Aspen… read more →
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Oct. 3, 2018
Thunder River Theatre’s Equus – a galloping hit
The small stage positioned in the cavernous darkness of Thunder River’s black box theatre can barely contain the unbridled passions loosed by Equus. This stage is an emotional boxing ring in which disturbed 17-year-old Alan Strang squares off against middle-aged psychiatrist Martin Dysart.
The discomfort… read more →
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Sep. 11, 2018
Telephonic local stories, Volume II
Editor’s note: this serial short story was published monthly over the course of a year as an experimental community endeavor. Read the first volume here.
Chapter One: Happy Birthday, Max!
By Gavin Dahl“Please tell me they got Cheetos again.”
Max isn’t necessarily supposed to, you know, eat… read more →
