Those who live in Colorado know how beautiful the scenery is, no matter the season, and the wildlife abounds. As the cities grow, though, they have been encroaching on the habitats of local animals. Deer are common sights in yards of homes near the foothills, and pronghorn are abundant on the plains, whether houses are […]
Fannie Mae Duncan may have arrived in Colorado Springs 50 years after our city’s founders, but she was a pioneer in ways many people couldn’t fathom at the time. She ignored social constructions and paved the way not just for women, but for people of color during a time when Colorado Springs really needed it. She was
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In the early spring of 1935, the great Dust Bowl, during months of wind storms, had left drifts of sandy soil on the streets of downtown Colorado Springs. On May 3, the region received its first snow in 18 years in which 12 inches of snow fell over a couple of days, turning those reportedly
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Our steps crunched in unison as we made our way across the snowy expanse. We had been travelling for three days, towing our supplies on a toboggan behind us. We’d have to get to Nome before the thaw, which could happen at any time. Snow as far as the eye could see masked the hidden
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When I met Dylan Prosser, I didn’t know he would change my life. He was an awkward, gangly kid who shuffled into my ninth-grade classroom looking like the last person who was ready for high school. At the first open house, his mother explained that Dylan had an inoperable tumor on his brain stem and had been diagnosed with neurofibromatosis. The tumor,
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**WARNING** This article contains explicit language and should be rated “R.” If you are sensitive to words that might offend, please look away now. Idioms are a part of our verbal landscape. It’s hard to read much, especially fiction, without encountering them. Mark Twain and Garrison Keillor are typical authors who liberally sprinkle idioms into