Tag: jul 15 2021 issue
Yours for the Taking
I keep myself busy long enough to not remember the time.
I keep track of minutes best in the mountainsfeeling them passing like a rhythm...
As Lake Powell dwindles, wonders open up
On May 9, protected by neoprene, I bobbed around in a flooded canyon in Utah’s Lake Powell. The reservoir had fallen below 35% full,...
Toward a slaughter-free America
I remember my first chicken harvest, as it was euphemistically called. It was 1999 and I was 12. In a video of the event, you...
Letters 7.15.21
Toward the future
President Biden’s American Jobs Plan shows the type of leadership and initiative to take responsibility our country needs, while creating jobs and...
Engine 1’s Exxon insurgency
Long-suffering environmental activists cheered last month when an organized investor revolt forced ExxonMobil to add three climate-conscious directors to its corporate board. Despite nearly a generation...
Conserving Colorado’s climbing
Sitting high above Estes Park on top of Prospect Mountain are the Thumb and Needle Spires, two prominent landmarks of Colorado climbing history. The...
Preparing for the ‘Rapture’
Peter Kater’s never been religious, but he’s had his share of divine experiences.
Mushrooms, LSD, fasting, meditation — the two-time Grammy-winning, classically trained pianist has...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
EVENTS
33rd Annual Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m Sunday, July 18, Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder. Tickets: $35-$45, goldhillinn.com
The...
News in brief
Draft CU South annexation agreement released
On Monday, July 12, the City of Boulder and University of Colorado released a draft annexation agreement regarding 308...
Disqualified for coping
When the USA Track & Field (USATF) released the Olympic roster on July 6, people around the country were equally frustrated and disappointed to...
Astrology 7/15
ARIES
March 21-April 19: In his poem “Litany,” Aries poet Billy Collins testifies that he is “the sound of rain on the roof.” He also...
Emotional arsonists
Dear Dan: I'm a 19-year-old girl who was dumped a few months ago. My partner found out he didn't like my body when we...
