Everyone has a book in them just waiting to be written. Some of these might not make it past the censors or editors, but we all have enough stories or insights to fill a book. I’d like to encourage you all with some suggested titles—subjects that need a book, if[Read More…]
Opinion
EDITOR’S COLUMN – What if our emotional energy is the latest commodity for sale?
“Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.” ― Vincent Van Gogh I was horrified by the 1977 book “Coma,” where unsuspecting hospital patients are rendered comatose and their healthy organs harvested for sale. A similar premise[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Numbering the days
Copious lists that start with the phrase “ there are only ___ days left” are proliferating these days. Those dates were set on the calendar together as days to be celebrated by the majority of Americans. More importantly, the holiday preparations for specific meals, well as the expansion of the[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Change is tough. It’s also unavoidable.
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ― Robert Fulghum Ah, change. That’s practically a four-letter word around these parts. I chuckle a little when folks who’ve been here a year[Read More…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tell your stories at the Pioneers dinner and dance Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco County Pioneers dinner and dance is Saturday. If you aren’t interested in the dinner and “meeting,” come for the dance. It’s just $10. And – best of all, starting at 3 p.m., you can share your[Read More…]
CNCC CORNER
CNCC is gearing up for the start of the new academic year with the first day of classes starting on Aug. 19, 2024. Prior to classes starting, athletic events will have been firmly underway. Athletes competing in Fall sports return starting Aug. 1, 2024. Rodeo starts its season away beginning[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN : The stories that color our lives
“You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it.” ― Margaret Atwood, author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Humans are wired for storytelling. Before the written word, before the printing press, before radio or television or the internet, we preserved our history, our[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Back to school vibes
The back to school advertising campaigns have been bombarding one and all for the past few weeks. As a teacher and parent, now a grandparent, I appreciate preparedness but continue to prefer everyone wait until mid-August. I know once the summer sales overlap with school supplies, both consumers and businesses[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – August 1st, 2024
Gratitude from the Clyde Slaugh family Dear Editor: The family of Clyde Slaugh would like to send out a huge thank you to everyone who helped, called, text, sent prayers, came by, brought food, or helped in any way possible. We appreciate you all so much. A few special thanks[Read More…]
Editor’s Column – The parable of the two travelers
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” I came across this parable months ago, lost it, and just found it again.[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – July 25th, 2024
Share your family story for history at the Pioneers Association dinner/dance Dear Editor: Everyone has a story. Every story is worth telling. And saving. You may think your story isn’t interesting, or that it doesn’t have enough history. But it IS interesting and it IS history, unless it hasn’t happened yet.[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Thoughts become words, words become actions
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it…”― Martin Luther King, Jr. If you’ve ever played Pictionary, you’ve watched (or been) the person tasked with communicating a clue grow increasingly animated[Read More…]
