By Lori Nagel
The struggle for healthy, prepared and affordable food in Crestone is real and it’s not uncommon to overhear local conversations about it on any given day.
Those options have recently expanded, thanks to the Ruby Rose Bakery at the Hooper Junction Sinclair gas station (11704 CO-17, Hooper), a short 25-minute drive from the town of Crestone.
There have been rumblings around the community about that terrific new bakery and restaurant, but what many don’t know is, they have healthy, nutritious to-go meals as well.
Angelica Quintana, head chef and baker at Ruby Rose, has enjoyed the culinary arts for many...
By Ramloti
February has been a wintery month with fewer visitors and some much needed snow. We commemorated Shri Babaji’s Maha Samadhi (the day He left His body). It was Valentine’s Day, 1984 when He left this physical plane, and this year was the 40-year anniversary. His love and teachings still guide this Ashram and His devotees around the world.
On Friday, March 8 we will be celebrating Maha Shivaratri (the great night of Lord Shiva) with late night chanting. We will begin at 6 p.m. with aarati and chanting. At 7 p.m. we will do the first of four lingam...
By Karina Wetherbee.
The Vaster Wilds, by Lauren Groff
The solo survival story is a common narrative, usually with an endearing young hero or heroine at the center and most often set in a modern wilderness or a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland. But in the recent bestseller, The Vaster Wilds, author Lauren Groff takes the popular trope and goes back in time, all the way back to early 17th century colonial America. From the book’s opening pages, a frenetic pace envelopes the protagonist, a young servant girl fleeing the beleaguered Jamestown settlement. The overarching motifs of famine, disease, deeply divided class hierarchies,...
By Joni Franks
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with gallery artists Chris and Sydney Argenta about their artistic journey and how they came to Crestone.
While camping in Utah, Chris and Sydney had the good fortune to cross paths with the owners of Earth Knack (Bart and Robin Blankenship), who cordially offered an invitation for Chris and Sydney to visit them at their home in Crestone.
The Argentas immediately fell in love with the quiet austerity of the Crestone community and decided to embark on a new path and build their own home and ceramics studio in the Baca...
By Thomas Cleary, Crestone Charter School director.
The season is upon us to start to plan for next school year! Families can think about the best educational fit for their children, and community members can think about the role CCS plays in our larger context.
The complete Crestone Charter School (CCS) Enrollment Policy is available at bit.ly/CCSenroll2023 but is summarized here.
Students who currently attend CCS will receive a re-enrollment form in the first week of April which must be returned to CCS by May 3 to continue their enrollment.
New families and students interested in joining CCS should visit the school, meet...
By Amy GaroutteNorthern Saguache County Library District
We will continue bringing library services to the Town of Crestone at the Little Shepherd Church on Wednesdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Patrons can stop by to order books and pick up books (contact the Baca Grande Library at 719-256-4100 if you would like to have a book delivered). Laptops will be available during the in-town hours and more services will be provided in the future.
Have you checked out our website lately? You can reserve books and other materials as well as check out library district staff recommendations. We recently added a feature that allows...
By Gina M. Barrett.
Why is it that when someone you know goes on vacation or declines a request of your time, you sometimes feel they are being selfish?
Can we, instead, shift our perception toward admiring that person for taking such good care of themselves? This is shadow work, originally uncovered by therapist Carl Jung. Look at the positive things that upset you and embody them for yourself. Be inspired by others who know their limits and the level of self-care they need in order to be happy and able to function in their daily life. To have peaceful interactions...
By Bruce Becker.
“Anyone can do the things I’ve done if they’re willing to live the life I’ve led.”
~ Fool’s Crow
Jan and I had just crept down a remote 4x4 road for an hour in eastern Utah and were now hiking into a canyon system with no trail, down a very rugged drainage. Picking our way down, I hopped off a boulder and in mid-air I saw a rattler coiled up below me. It struck as I landed, and I instantly jumped back up on the big rock I’d hopped off of and looked to see two beads of venom...