Opinion

Quiet And Peaceful

Every season has a wonderful variety of qualities. Each of which contribute to our continuing journey through this life. April showers are bringing us, and all of life, long-awaited relief from a winter that mostly wasn't when it came to snowpack and accumulated moisture.

Promise of Slow Productivity

Once upon a time, your correspondent was known as 'Fast Freddie.' He hated to use his brakes. Fortunately, he survived the excesses of his gunghoness. This was not a forgone conclusion! Slowing down in life and smelling the flowers may seem to be the antithesis of what you identify with.

Change in the Air

There is change in the air… Wind is restless. Cirrus clouds are like faint feathers high overhead. Appearing after dawn. Following after what seemed to be nothing more than a proliferation of dissipating jet contrails.

Letters to the Editor

EditorTo the Editor, Recently, our community gathered to recognize five people who have spent the better part of their lives looking out for San Juan County: Anthony Edwards, Bruce Conrad, Jeff Shea, Ken Safranski, and Beverly Rich.

Late June Weather In March?

Anyone schooled in critical thinking and debate ought to be able to pivot from eternal optimism to focused skepticism with a blink of an eye!

Totally Blown Away!

In our last episode, we were leaping forward into the unknown future. This week, we were getting totally blown away with wind gusts that reached 101 MPH up at Monarch Pass, and who knows what up here in the San Juan Mountains. This was our first significant dust event this season.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

EditorSilverton Family Learning Center Thanks EcoAction Partners Green GrantOn behalf of the Silverton Family Learning Center, I want to express our deep gratitude to the EcoAction Partners Green Grants program for their support of our emergency water heater replacement project.

Leaping Forward Into The Unknown Future!

If it was up to your venerable columnist, we would never change the clocks, and it would always be plain old Mountain Standard Time.That's because that's what works in Hawaii and parts of Arizona.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Beverly Rich and Ken Safranski, Thank you for your exceptional service on the planning commission.When Willy Tookey read a proclamation commemorating your combined 70-plus years of service, I felt the weight of that knowledge leave the room.

Letters to the Editor

EditorWe (Neen and Evin) have been scheming a Drag Trivia Night since we did the Burlesque show last summer.When we started to see violent ICE activity escalate especially in Minnesota, that was the catalyst for a Drag Trivia Fundraiser.