September 2021 - US Represented

by a featured contributor
September 30, 2021
in Analysis
tags Analysis, Colorado Springs, Jason Mimiaga, NORAD, NORAD: Off the Beaten Path but an Intriguing Colorado Feature, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features

NORAD: Off the Beaten Path, but an Intriguing Colorado Feature

by a featured contributor
September 30, 2021
in Analysis
tags Analysis, Colorado Springs, Jason Mimiaga, NORAD, NORAD: Off the Beaten Path but an Intriguing Colorado Feature, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features

For decades, the simple words “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” have greeted millions of visitors, and for good reason. Colorado really is a colorful place, with snow-capped purple mountains, red sandstone spires, green forests, and rolling, golden prairies. Still, there’s nothing wrong with avoiding the tourist-trap locales you would expect to find in a travel brochure in search of places off the beaten path. Some of these spots are internationally famous

by a featured contributor
September 28, 2021
in Analysis, Perspective for Hire
tags Allen Stromfeldt Christensen, Analysis, Beekeeper Beth Conrey, Bruce Finley, C.A. Shelton, Keystone Policy Group, Max Siegelbaum, National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honeybees and Other Pollinators, Susan Andrews

The Honeybee: The Threats They Face and the Changes Needed to Save Them

by a featured contributor
September 28, 2021
in Analysis, Perspective for Hire
tags Allen Stromfeldt Christensen, Analysis, Beekeeper Beth Conrey, Bruce Finley, C.A. Shelton, Keystone Policy Group, Max Siegelbaum, National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honeybees and Other Pollinators, Susan Andrews

Most Colorado residences believe that we should maintain our natural resources and help retain its inspiring beauty. This cannot be accomplished without the assistance of the honeybee and other native pollinators. Honeybees are an intricate part of our natural ecosystem throughout the state of Colorado. Whether we realize it or not, we are deeply dependent on these bees to help carry on the legacy of Colorado’s colorful wildflower environment. Most

by a featured contributor
September 27, 2021
in Analysis, Student Writings
tags Analysis, Dallas Leasure, Environment, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, student writings, The Grizzly Bear and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

The Grizzly Bear and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

by a featured contributor
September 27, 2021
in Analysis, Student Writings
tags Analysis, Dallas Leasure, Environment, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, student writings, The Grizzly Bear and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

The wildlife migration patterns and tendencies throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) are of great importance to Wyoming residents. The animals there have shaped people’s memories from early childhood. Each long drive through Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding areas becomes a memory in itself. Perhaps most notably, the grizzly bear has thrived in this ecosystem. However, locals grew more concerned for grizzlies when it was first put on the

by Jerome Parent
September 26, 2021
in Analysis, Exhibit A
tags A Big Ol’ Raspberry, Analysis, Exhibit A, Gardening, Jerome Parent, raspberry

A Big Ol’ Raspberry

by Jerome Parent
September 26, 2021
in Analysis, Exhibit A
tags A Big Ol’ Raspberry, Analysis, Exhibit A, Gardening, Jerome Parent, raspberry

I ate a raspberry yesterday. Big deal, you might respond. Anybody can do that. And it’s true. For a price, anybody can buy and eat raspberries. But not the one I had. First of all, I’m not a big fan of raspberries au natural. In jam or cheesecake, yes. After all, cheesecake makes everything taste better. But this raspberry was satisfying in a way that transcended taste. The bush that

by Eric Stephenson
September 25, 2021
in Poetry, Riding the Wave
tags Belief and Judgment, Eric Stephenson, Poetry, Riding the Wave

Belief and Judgment

by Eric Stephenson
September 25, 2021
in Poetry, Riding the Wave
tags Belief and Judgment, Eric Stephenson, Poetry, Riding the Wave

Belief and judgment are just ideas bouncing around in our heads. They’re not right or true, but they do often act like resentful children repeating the same mistakes over and over without ever realizing it.

by Lindsay Deen
September 23, 2021
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Cadence, inner girl, Inner Girl Child, Lindsay Deen, Poetry

Inner Girl Child

by Lindsay Deen
September 23, 2021
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Cadence, inner girl, Inner Girl Child, Lindsay Deen, Poetry

For Lindy I’ve written this poem a thousand times in my head Before I ever put pen to paper. You see, there’s a part of me that’s not-not a lot- Just some flotsam discarded on a road long unguarded. I left Lindy by the wayside before I turned 25, And although I tried, I couldn’t stop looking Over-shoulder to see if she came after. She followed me home until I