So, with all the quibbling over lack of parking downtown, there’s a big old hole to nowhere (you know, the one across from Gazpachos). Put a parking garage there. Problem…
I dream of a world where birds look down on a green earth, blue and green meshing harmoniously I dream of a world where the labyrinth leads us to peace…
Your words were thoughtless and hurtful, The tone of your voice sharp and cruel Your embarrassing tirade was childish, Only making you look like a fool What happened to make…
Cacti, Irises, Skyrockets blossoms finessed by hummingbirds. Ashamed to invade this most ancient play. Something eternal as I finger a white bone cleansed by decay. Lengthening, a Snake travels among…
They folded the flag. I remember you falling from your bicycle. You got up. I remember. They folded the flag in front of me. I remember you on the football…
In response to the article “Bureau of Land Management extends comment period on Chaco proposal” on April 2, I believe it is essential that the Biden administration move forward with…
Dick White presented another insightful article on the tragedies the COVID-19 pandemic has generated. I note that he states “at least 4 ways.” I’m guessing Dick is aware of another…
I visited a forgotten cemetery, high on a dusty hill, The bristly weeds grew rampant, and the air was strangely still. I climbed the scarce-trod path in search of stories…
December’s been extra cozy, Feelin’ as merry as can be, Want to thank God above, My heart sank into Love, Paycheck’s here Friday, Babe, Cashin’ it all to spend on…
Do I need this fragile shell? My body reigns my knowing, It gives me pain and sometimes fails, With grief and doubt revealing, I gaze in the mirror and see…
Like many people, I was supportive of the increase in our lodgers tax in 2021. And like many, I was dismayed to find that the city planned to spend the…
In 1972, lawyers requested former President Nixon’s tape recordings of his conversations in the White House. This was in relation to the break-in of the Democratic Party’s offices in the…
As a longtime early childhood educator in La Plata County, I celebrated when Colorado voters approved universal preschool with passage of Proposition EE in 2020. This valuable education will be…
Our Congress is in the process of deciding whether to end the twice a year time changes of Daylight Saving Time. However, they seem to be leaning toward permanent “daylight…
History is plagued with conflicts, such as the current situation in the Ukraine initiated by power-hungry, out-of-control despots. I’m hoping that we all do what we can to prevent the…
The Montezuma-Cortez School Board canceled a meeting where it planned to “re-create” a secret meeting they held previously to ask Superintendent Risha VanderWey to resign. No recording of that meeting…
Traditional Medicare is our nation’s most efficient and popular health care program. A failed effort to privatize it, the Direct Contracting (DC) program, devised by the Center for Medicare Service…
Readers, in celebration of National Poetry Month, we are inviting submissions of poetry to our Letters to the Editor section throughout April. Tell us how you feel about things on…
As Action Line No. 2 (and 4), I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to Action Line No. 5, John Peel. John has not only continued the tradition…
It’s puzzling. Why does fear of World War III seem the underlying motive for America’s Ukraine strategy? I mean, look at our government’s efforts to dissuade Vladimir Putin from escalating…
OK class, today’s word is hubris. Hubris, boys and girls, is moving someplace new from an entirely different region and state – Texas. And then, one year later, thinking that…
An endangered species in our midst. The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Who knew? Biologist Jennifer Zahratka, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. There’s much news lately about habitat loss as…
All this rigmarole and needlessly long, intensive, verbiage could be avoided. The law should say what it means. “If you are a female of any age residing in Colorado, and…
It’s interesting how quickly downtown bump-outs went from a way to support downtown restaurants during COVID-19’s most restrictive time to now being reported as a permanent summertime feature for any…
I was aghast to read the letter on March 18 from the nurse who assisted a woman from Texas in obtaining an abortion. As a medical professional, the nurse had…
Does anyone take Sens. Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz seriously? One has to wonder, what motivates them? Are they being coerced into acting like total idiots, or does it just…
State governments that border Colorado to the north and south continually show they value public education by passing legislation as proof – Colorado’s government continually fails to do this. New…
Several times a week, I drive by a new car wash under construction and I think, “How was this allowed to happen?” There was a news report recently that our…
Your editorial on March 18 on voter intimidation should have been a news story with more facts, including locations where these acts happened. There’s a certain irony here in as…
I’ve had the privilege of coming to know many of the children and their families who live at Westside Mobile Home Park over the past few years, and I want…
