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Indoor Urban Gardening in Colorado Springs: A Smart Idea for Many Reasons

Analysis, Nature, Nonfiction, Student Writings, Writings / By a featured contributor

Colorado Springs is experiencing a population explosion. As a result, many locals are concerned with the city’s ability to accommodate this growth. One overlooked issue in the city’s expansion is the health of its inhabitants, particularly for the new residents not accustomed to Colorado’s dry climate and relatively limited availability of fresh fruits and vegetables. […]

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The Unconditional Judgment of History

Dana Zimbleman, Writings / By Dana Zimbleman

Before he capitulated to the cancer that lay siege to his throat behind the warring fog of cigar smoke, a lethal Anaconda Plan executed to precision, cutting off air, squeezing and suffocating his lungs, the victorious general of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Appomattox reflected on his life, penned his memoirs, handed them unceremoniously to Mark Twain,

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Pioneer Profiles: Chipeta

Analysis, DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction, Writings / By DeLyn Winters

This series, “Pioneer Profiles,” explores some of the interesting characters that define Colorado history. *** Chipeta, a quiet, amenable woman, never expected to serve in a chief-like role among the Ute people, but many historians view her as an icon of female strength in the late 1800s. Married to Chief Ouray, this power couple served

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Okinawa and the Secret to Graceful Aging

Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

“My beloved Nana, walk straight,” I would say as I tried to gently straighten her bent back while we walked home on a calm summer evening from “yatakh”: an old tree trunk in the village center where the women sat nightly to exchange news. Her salt and pepper hair was tied up in a white

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Visitation

Creative Writing, Gary Walker, Writings / By Gary Walker

The visitation line queues all the way to the parking lot, meandering its way through cologne, cigarettes, wet August heat, and the stink of starched mourners on their best funeral behavior. We wait to pay respect. You, being experienced in these rituals, scribble our names in a journal, proof we care and came here. It’s

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When I Was a Boy

Creative Writing, Writings / By Malcolm McCollum

and I saw someone walking down the street talking out loud, laughing and chattering to no one, I’d conclude them mad and give them a wide berth. Now such madness is the norm, and I’m the deviant. and I saw someone walking down the street eyes fixed apparently upon the palm of their hand I’d

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