Roaring Fork August 2016

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Lifestyle Letter

Growing Up with Free-Range Childhood

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or several reasons, I have never had children of my own.

Sometimes, that omission leaves a hole in my heart.

But as longtime readers of this publication know, I was fortunate that my young neighbor Sam Stableford adopted me as his "Carbondale grandma" almost as soon as I moved into my house.

Because I began coaching figure-skating classes, I soon met a host of local kids aged from about four to 14, including the advanced skaters I call the "Divas". This past spring, Anakeesta Ironwood, a young person in my church, chose me to be her coming-of-age mentor. (There's a photo of the talented Anakeesta with her equally-talented mom, Asha Ironwood, in this month's Around Town section.) I'm honored that these young people have chosen to have relationships with me.

Our valley has so much to offer locally-grown youngsters! Not only does it contain good schools and cultural pursuits ranging from extracurricular dance, music, photography and art classes, it also offers a wealth of year-round sports activities. Right now, the valley's youngsters are out hiking, biking, rafting, climbing, swimming, horseback riding and skateboarding at numerous local terrain parks.

Last winter, after boarding a Roaring Fork Transit Authority (RFTA) bus on the way to Aspen to ski, I noticed six boys, all about 14, clustered around the front of the bus. All were kitted up with snow gear and snowboards. By eavesdropping on their conversation, I gathered that their parents had told them, in so many words, "You're driving us nuts. Get on the bus with your buddies and go boarding. Here's your RFTA pass and lunch money.

Come home as soon as the lifts close."

What a rare privilege those boys were enjoying! These days, "free-range childhoods" like those my brother and I enjoyed have almost disappeared. Parents do worry, but our valley is safe enough that many local youngsters are still allowed to "go outside and play."

Not all local parents schedule and chauffeur their kids to "play dates."

I confess that it worried me plenty when Sam told me about falling into the Crystal River. I still remember falling into the Platte as a child; had I not been scooped out by a fly fisherman in wading boots, I might not be writing this letter!

But making mistakes is part of growing up. Hopefully, there will be kindly adults nearby to lend a helping hand when the young ones fall—and it's nice when parents don't have to shoulder the whole load.

It really does take a village, and in many ways, we have several here in the Roaring Fork Valley. That's a blessing, because nothing that's locally grown is more important than our children.

Nicolette Toussaint, Editor

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Open House

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Giving Back

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Artist’s Palette

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

14 An Old Barn Gets a New Lease on Life

A Sweet New Stall for a Horse Named Dandy

20 Viking Chickens in the Roaring Fork Valley

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Publisher’s Letter

Under the Eyes of the Parent Network

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s I was running flat on ideas for this letter, my editor was kind enough to share her letter with me for inspiration. Reading it, I was rewarded with thoughts of growing up in an area where “it does take a village to raise a child.”

I grew up in a small Nebraska farm town named Wynot. (I have heard all the jokes, so spare me the one-liners!) This town was populated with about 220 retired farmers and maybe a dozen kids my age.

Mom would say, “Do your chores and get out of my hair. But be home by dinner.”

No thought was given as to where I was going. With one or two wellplaced phone calls, mom could not only tell where I was, but also who I was with and what I was up to! Any parent had the full authority to scold us or send us home. Then they would follow up with a call to mom, telling her why the bad boy had arrived home early.

Fast-forward 30 years. Location - Glenwood Springs: players - the French family with four kids. Even though Glenwood is 50 times the size of my hometown, the parent network (the Village) was still alive and functioning when my kids were growing up. Sometimes one of them would come home after an afternoon or evening out with friends and silently slink into the house. The worst situation they could hope to encounter would be mom and dad sitting in the living room then suddenly turning the television down.

Busted!

Fast-talking was my kids’ means of survival. But I would interrupt, raising my hand to mean “silence”. Then I would ask a simple question, “How was your evening?” That would lead to another round of fast-talk and a story that was about 70 percent accurate. My wife and I would offer only a couple of comments. The dumbfounded look on the face of our offspring was priceless!

How did we know?

We would struggle to keep from smiling and simply reply, “the parent network!”

Just like in Wynot, a couple of well-placed phone calls told us the answers to where, who and what were our kids were up to.

Another 10 years have passed, and Glenwood Springs and its neighboring communities have grown. Parenting has evolved—now texting in combination with phone calls gives us instant communication. But the watchful eyes of the parent network still have their place.

I cannot say this strongly enough. Even though our social environment changes with the speed of a click of a button, the parent network will never be replaced. Watchful eyes, along strong guidance and compassion, will always make a Village.

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Kyle Okeson, a Youth Squad member; Youth Squad functions as a board of local young professionals.

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AROUND TOWN

with items donated by local merchants. All proceeds will benefit the RFHS Booster Club with an emphasis on football and baseball programs. See the Lifestyle calendar for details.

CARBONDALE ACHIEVES CREATIVE DISTRICT STATUS In late June, Colorado Creative Industries and the Boettcher Foundation

GLENWOOD SPRINGS CHAMBER ANNOUNCES PROMOTION

Carbondale's

announced certification

as

a new Creative District, along

Following her leadership of another Strawberry Days celebration

with five other new districts in

and launching the Grand Avenue Wayfinding Guides program, Angie

Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Fort

Anderson has been promoted to executive vice president of the

Collins, Mancos and the Golden

Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association. Anderson has served

Triangle in Denver. Governor

as the chamber's vice president of operations for nine years. Glenwood

John Hickenlooper commented,

Chamber President and CEO Marianne Virgili said, “She’s shown won-

"These 2016 certified creative dis-

derful leadership and taken on additional responsibility, and we wanted

tricts are great examples of how

to recognize that. Angie began her chamber career when she was in high school. She is familiar with all aspects of our organization, from visitor services to events, publications and operations.”

BASALT'S FREE OUTDOOR MOVIES CONTINUE THIS MONTH

Anakeesta and Asha Ironwood pose with new Creative District signage.

the arts create exciting places for people to visit and live. These districts not only increase the quality

of life, they also help with economic vitality of the area and attract people from all over Colorado and the country."

Along with state's official designation, each district receives an

The Basalt Summer Cinema – Movies in the Park continues this

award package with an estimated value of $40,000, including finan-

month with Local Hero on August 13 and Dirty Dancing on August 27.

cial support, technical assistance, advertising and marketing sup-

On September 10th, the series will finish up with Labyrinth and Purple

port, access to grants, state highway signs and leadership training.

Rain. The series, presented by the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, is

Certification covers a five-year period.

designed to appeal to a range of ages and interests.

Carbondale’s Creative District encompasses the town south

The setting for the series alternates between Willits and

of the Rio Grande Trail, including historic buildings and busi-

downtown Basalt. In August, films will be shown in Lions Park

nesses along Main Street. It continues up Fourth Street past the

in historic downtown Basalt. They're shown on a 16-foot inflat-

Launchpad and on to the Third Street Center, home to a number

able screen with four Eurolive outdoor speakers. Showings are

of artists' studios, nonprofits and other organizations. For more

free (donations welcome) and movie-goers are invited wear a

information, visit the Carbondale Creative District’s new website at

costume, to bring a blanket, lawn chairs, your sweetheart and

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the kids. Grab a snack nearby or buy food and refreshments in liquor is permitted.) For details, see BasaltChamber.org.

RIO GRANDE ARTWAY BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE

COWBOY UP IN CARBONDALE AUGUST 26

designate the Rio Grande ArtWay, a stretch of the Rio Grande Trail

the park. (Beer and wine will be sold at the event, so no outside

Join friends and neighbors in

celebrating

In July, new Creative District signage began to be installed to in Carbondale. The plan for the ArtWay's design has been hatched

Carbondale’s

by the Carbondale Council for Arts and Humanities (CCAH), the

western heritage on the eve-

Carbondale Creative District Committee, town officials, Colorado

ning of Friday, August 26th

Creative Industries and a team of consultants. A preliminary master

under the big tent in downtown

plan for the linear park was drawn up by Acre Narrative Design of

Carbondale. Local non-profit

Carbondale and paid for by the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority,

Cowboy Up Carbondale and

which oversees the Rio Grande Trail, a former railway corridor.

the Roaring Fork High School

Amy Kimberly, executive director of CCAH, says that the ArtWay

(RFHS) Booster Club will be

will include a Folk-Art Garden which will be designed by the Latino

hosting a community barbeque featuring Smoke Modern BBQ.

community working through the Valley Settlement Project. The

There will be dancing to the band Lever Action and an auction

Carbondale Public Arts Commission will help with placing sculptures

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along the trail. Kimberly also says that plans include a “gateway arch”

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BRAIN TRAIN CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING On August 27th, the Roaring Fork Brain Train program, designed to support people with early memory loss and mild cognitive impairment, will celebrate its grand opening at Third Street Center in Carbondale. Sponsored by Roaring Fork Neurology, the event will feature art created by a local artist who struggles with dementia. Art sales will benefit the Roaring Fork Brain Train.

The Brain Train program is sponsored by Senior Matters, a local nonprofit, and is offered from 9:45 to 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

The program consists of four hour-long segments: seated yoga, a support group in conjunction with an art directive, a bring-your-ownlunch and social hour, and cognitive stimulation exercises. Modeled after a successful adult day program and counseling center in Los Angeles, this local Brain Train program was initiated by Carbondale resident Diane Darling when she learned that her sister would be living here for the summer.

In 2013, Darling’s sister was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s at just 58 years of age. She’s one of more than five million people in the U.S. who suffer from Alzheimer’s, a disease that includes symptoms including memory loss, mild cognitive impairment and speech diffi-

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Darling notes that many applications have already been received

by Brain Train—the program is at capacity with a growing wait list!

Darling says, “It is important to note that we welcome applications from people suffering from any kind of early memory loss, not just Alzheimer’s. This could be someone with Parkinson’s disease, or who suffered a stroke, or any other condition that may cause it.”

The program is funded by the generous donations of the community, grant writing, social media funding and fundraising events. For more information, to donate or to download the application go to SeniorsMatter.org or call Diane Darling at 970.987.3754.

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Open House

Remodeling GIVES OLD BARN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

ARTICLE NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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am Rayburn, a Texan who served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, once observed, “A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.”

It takes even more skill to rebuild one that’s in danger of falling down.

Not long ago, Mark Miller, the owner of 3G Construction in New Castle, was asked to give an old barn a new lease on life. The barn, located near Grand Junction, probably dated from about 1970 and was built in phases. Three different buildings had been covered by a single old roof that was so bowed that, in Miller’s words, “it looked like a well-ridden horse.”

Crooked and unique, the building had been vacant so long that raccoons, birds and mice had largely taken it over, and in many places, the supports holding it up were bowing to gravity. Before its remodeling, a jackass might indeed have kicked the old barn down.

Today, it’s strong enough to not only to hold a horse named Dandy, it also offers a tack room, a workshop and storage for a ride-on lawn mower and a Rhino utility vehicle. Safe, secure and clean, the barn still offers a certain period charm.

“We re-used and saved as much of the existing structure and material as possible to keep the cost affordable,” comments Miller. “We re-purposed the old roofing sheets, a used window, security-window bars and trusses, plus beams from previous jobs that were not needed.”

Miller, a licensed general contractor who has been in the construction industry over 30 years, says, “We started our 3G Construction LLC over 10 years ago and our projects range from new home builds and remodels to commercial and agricultural projects. We aim to tailor-fit to the client’s personal needs.” He notes that his firm’s name, 3G, stands for “Giving God the Glory.”

The barn’s reconstruction required the demolition of an inside soffit “where the critters had been nesting” plus the removal of the old electrical system. The outdated and cut-up “system” consisted of nothing more than wiring draped over rafters!

Next came a complete re-structuring of the roof. At the outset, the sway-backed structure consisted of nothing more than thin aluminum sheeting tacked onto

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two-by-fours laid on edge in between the rafters. Miller built stable supports and then added plywood sheeting to the roof ’s exterior. The old aluminum panels that were removed from the roof were used to cover the walls of the barn's two horse stalls and the equipment bay.

To create a clean—and cleanable— interior, new floors were built for the workshop and the tack room. To the delight of both Dandy and his owner, new Dutch doors were added to the horse stalls. Modern electrical outlets, switches and lighting were installed to provide a safer and more usable facility.

By adding a dormer at the front of the building, Miller was able to raise the roof high enough to allow a vehicle to be driven into the breezeway. “Now there’s a place to saddle and curry Dandy out of the sun,” he says, “and possibly room for a barn dance or two as well."

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arents try their hardest to maintain stable, loving, nurturing homes, to be positive role models and to be active in a child’s life. They take on the responsibility of ensuring that the child will grow up to make healthy life decisions through open communication and mutual respect.

It doesn’t always go that way.

Because kids can make bad choices, parents need to be there for them. And sometimes, parents aren’t enough. At times, it takes a village—and that’s what YouthZone has been for towns up and down the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys for the past 40 years.

Nearly 65 percent of YouthZone’s young clients, ages 10-17, are referred through the court system; others find YouthZone via schools and parents. YouthZone’s Restorative Justice program directs youth to face and apologize to their victims. During that process, YouthZone serves as an unbiased third party: It helps to hold the young person directly accountable for his or her actions and most importantly, for harm done to the victim, family members and community. The restorative justice process considers the needs of victims, community and offenders. It explores needs related to the cause of the offense, and then works to address underlying causes.

Few clients who go through any YouthZone program repeat an offense, and restorative justice has the greatest success.

Programs are formally and independently evaluated every three years. In 2011, the evaluation found that of 916 youth who were

A discussion circle held by the Restorative Justice program.

followed over three years, 10.7 percent failed to complete their service program before re-offending. That demonstrated a success rate of 89.3 percent!

In YouthZone evaluations, youth clients say things like: • “I stopped drinking. It’s not a part of my life anymore, and I will stay and keep myself out of trouble.”

• “[It] made me realize what I am doing with my life. I need to turn it around.”

• “I have more respect for myself and more confidence in schooling and home life.”

• “My life got better.”

YouthZone was founded in 1976 by Bob and Charlene Collette along with Charlene’s sister, Marilyn McKee Hall.

Originally named “Let’s Work It Out,” it was primarily concerned with drug use among young people. In 1978, it became Garfield Youth Services and then, in 2000, it took on the name locals now know—YouthZone.

YouthZone currently sees approximately 860 youth clients and 1,321 families a year. It now offers not only parent education and support, but it also responds to current community needs. Substance abuse has always been a focus, and YouthZone offers both substance-abuse intervention and prevention programs.

Of all the young clients referred to YouthZone, “35 percent of them have high substance abuse issues,” said Executive Director Lori Mueller.

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Other YouthZone services include juvenile justice programs, youth assessment, parent support, individual and family counseling and the PALS mentoring program. YouthZone supports parents and families located from Aspen to Parachute by helping them to develop the tools needed for raising empowered and confident youth. That calls not only for working with young people in the criminal justice system, but also preventing them from getting into that system in the first place.

In 2014, YouthZone partnered with Roaring Fork Leadership (RFL), a nonprofit that develops leaders throughout the valley, on a public awareness campaign. RFL participants work on a civic project as part of their leadership training. The goal of this one was to educate communities from Aspen to Parachute about the implications of marijuana use among teens and about the resources available to families who are struggling with teens using it.

The YouthZone/RFL team created a multi-community event that featured a discussion with parents, youth, law enforcement and medical and industry professionals. It took place at Carbondale Middle School, and with the help of True Media Foundation, it was live-streamed to Rifle and Glenwood Springs high schools.

“The point of RFL civic projects is for RFL participants to apply their leadership skills to a real community opportunity or need," said RFL Executive Director Andrea Palm-Porter. "Working with YouthZone was impactful for the RFL participants and for the community. A win-win!”

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Viking Chickens in the Roaring Fork Valley ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

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wo years ago, I sold my CPA firm and, after two decades, left Summit County seeking some arable land and solitude. I discovered my little piece of paradise in this beautiful valley. It called to me—and to my chickens.

I had searched for mountains, trails, water, temperate climate and proximity to the National Forest. This three-acre haven was in my budget because it had been neglected.

During my first year of settling in, I borrowed library books, read online articles and watched YouTube videos about raising chickens.

After learning about the lay of the land and our native predators. I opted to locate the chickens in an old corral close to my cabin for safety. To deter the bears, cougars, raccoons and foxes and to keep the flock warm through the winter, I purchased a six- by eight-foot shed off of Craigslist. Then using chicken wire reinforced with mesh hardware cloth, I enclosed the corral, making a nice semi-protected chicken playground.

What breed of chicken you select depends on what you are looking for (eggs, meat, homestead helpers, entertainment or a combination of those) and your location (urban, suburban or rural). Deciding to raise Icelandic chickens was easy; I had read an article in Mother Earth News about this incredible landrace and knew they were for me.

Hailing from 9th-century Nordic lands, Icies are hearty, self-sufficient, good layers, excellent foragers, and suited to free-ranging. They carry distinctly beautiful markings. Besides, I have a proclivity for Vikings!

My chicks arrived in June. The 25 tiny, fuzzy, day-old hatchlings were over-nighted from Wisconsin in a little cardboard box punctured with breathing holes. The post office called me at 7:30 a.m. to alert me to their arrival.

At home, I plucked each peeping creature out of the mailing box, dipped its beak in water as many books had directed, and placed it in its new temporary home—a bigger cardboard box filled with pine shavings, a waterer and a feeder stuffed with organic non-GMO feed. I warmed the chicks with a heat lamp borrowed from a friend, keeping them inside until the outside temperatures climbed.

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I then relocated the rapidly growing chicks to the shed. Early on, they displayed innate abilities to forage, fly and survive. In a freerange situation, males protect the flock by alerting them to danger as well as fighting off predators.

As the chicks grew, I was able to distinguish male from female. I was eagerly awaiting an annual fall class at Sustainable Settings to teach me how to cull some of the roosters. Living outside of town limits, I am allowed to keep roosters, but too many males can cause problems.

Once the males became sexually active, I could wait no longer.

The male-to-female ratio was way too high, and the hens were being harassed. With the class still weeks away, I advertised free Icelandic roosters on Craigslist. The nice men who responded and picked up several roosters most likely planned to fatten them up and eat them.

Once the excess males were gone, things settled down a bit.

The class taught me how to kill and butcher chickens. These newfound skills not only brought me in closer connection to my food, but the evisceration process also made me feel more of a connection to my own innards.

A month later, once the males gained a little weight, I enlisted my new abilities, culling three more roosters and bringing my flock down to one rooster plus one backup. Two nights later, I cooked a chicken dinner for some friends and used the leftovers to make the best broth I have ever tasted. The meat from my chickens tasted more savory and rich than any I had eaten before.

I went into winter with 13 pullets (hens younger than one year) and two cockerels (roosters younger than one year).

A couple of the hens began laying eggs early in the winter. My happy chickens produce eggs with ivory-shaded shells and bright yellow yolks. The arrival of the first one amazed me. A year later, I still see each one as a gift. Eggs, said to be the perfect food, are in my daily diet and I give away the excess to neighbors and friends.

This past spring, I lost two hens: one most likely to a neighbor’s dog and one perhaps to a hawk. Red-tailed hawks (aka chicken hawks) and eagles soar above my property. The chickens stay alert and take cover, but casualties come with the territory.

Three new additions born a few weeks ago will add to my flock, now at fourteen. Hens Freya and Flo have been brooding on eggs for the past couple weeks, so more chicks are in the near future. I do not incubate the eggs, but let nature take its course—with a little assistance from me when needed.

Some people artificially light their coops to increase egg production, but I do not. I attempt to keep the chickens’ lives as natural as possible. They peck at pesticide-free grass, weeds, bugs and veggies on my property, and I supplement this diet with organic grain that I purchase locally and mix myself.

During the many hours I have spent clearing and restoring my once-neglected land, I have often felt as if I have a team of feathered gardeners working beside me. Chickens restore the earth in many ways. Their feces provide excellent compost. They eat insects, till the soil and hasten the curing of my compost pile.

The chickens follow me into the woods, finding shade, safety and food in the dense underbrush and trees. In return for their assistance, I provide them with fresh water, feed, housing and guardianship.

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The Viking chickens are an integral part of my homestead.

As a recovering CPA, I could not help but calculate a breakeven analysis on my chickens. This spring, I purchased an automatic chicken door; it runs on batteries and opens and closes by detecting the amount of light. That door put me in the hole for another year, but it saves me from the daily obligation of being home at dawn and dusk to open the door and then close it against predators.

While the chickens are costing more than they are saving me, they are worth every penny.

Tending and raising them is unbelievably rewarding. I have a deep appreciation for the food they provide, and I’m grateful for their help in healing the land.

After two years of going back to the land with my Icelandics, Joel Salatin’s words from Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World resonate: “Our stewardship mandate [should be] to create Edens wherever we go. That’s why humans are here. Our responsibility is to extend forgiveness into the landscape.”

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Walking the Labyrinth in No Name Growing in Spirit

ARTICLE GENEVIÈVE JOËLLE VILLAMIZAR | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

Labyrinth in Mary's Garden at the Virginia Beach Hospital.

Photo by Bill Smith, courtesy of Creative Commons.

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walked my first labyrinth with a girlfriend about five years ago.

That particular labyrinth was created on a private lot in a quiet neighborhood in Carbondale. Access to it is word-of-mouth; if you need to know, it will find you, welcoming all spirits that feel its pull.

Labyrinths have been around over 5,000 years, through many cultures.

Designed in universal form—some say sacred geometry—they are made of stone, mown grass or even hedges. Their circuitous paths slow us down to invite reflection, guiding us towards our interiority, our divinity.

Dr. Lauren Artress, an Episcopal priest and international authority on labyrinths (Veriditas.org) explains labyrinths as a "spiritual tool…a path of prayer, a walking meditation, a crucible of change, a watering hole for the spirit, and a mirror of the soul.”

The labyrinth tends to call in times of transition or reflection.

Five years ago, on that outing with my girlfriend, I was with my then-one-year-old daughter, a fresh being who had opened my eyes anew to life, and her father, one-half of a complex relationship

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burdened by shadow. Each of us clearly walked diverging paths. My entire being crawled with the complexity and inevitability of our separate futures. I entered the mouth of the labyrinth with a seeking heart.

Walkers of the labyrinth often have a question, seek guidance or come simply to “shift.”

My own slow, contemplative footsteps brought me to the center of the labyrinth. There, beaming at me with pure love, was my child. She had been drawn to its flagstone center. Her hand was raised, her finger pointing at the bosom of sky above. The possibilities of spaciousness infused the moment. On my journey out of the labyrinth, I let the answers fill me.

Minister Barbara Palmer of No Name, Colorado, within Glenwood Canyon, welcomes all to walk her labyrinth. “I had been acquainted with labyrinths when I was in seminary, but I had never really let them take hold of me until I went to Chartres, the mother labyrinth in Europe,” she said. What began as a pilgrimage “took off from there,” she admits, eyes closed, smiling.

A private labyrinth in Carbondale. There are at least half a dozen labyrinths in the Roaring Fork Valley. A locator for labyrinths can be found at WellFedSpirit.org. Photo Nicolette Toussaint.

As Reverend Palmer came to learn, the Chartres cathedral is actually called the Cathedral of Mary of Chartres. “The whole theme is birth, a monument to Mary, Mother of Jesus, as a symbol of peace.” Palmer explains that everything is birth: The cathedral is a cruciform and just below, where the arms of the cathedral extend out, is the nave. It’s where the uterus might be; the womb. Giver of life.

There lies the labyrinth. The opening is at the bottom, like a birth canal.

As Palmer relays her experiences and observations of the Chartres labyrinth, her voice grows softer, filling with reverence and joy. Every aspect of Chartes’ design is drenched in history, pattern and archetype, from the six petals in the heart—the six days of Genesis—to the 11 cycles of its path, bringing one the distance through time to their own divinity.

One mystery though, and a miracle of the Chartres labyrinth, concerns the stone from which it was built: Stone deteriorates over time.

In 811 years, despite millions of pilgrim footsteps, Chartres stone has endured, growing ever more solid with time.

“I was just blown away in Chartres,” admits Palmer.

And into the labyrinth she dove. Two years ago, after another pilgrimage to Chartres, Palmer and her engineer husband built a 24-foot diameter, five-cycle labyrinth on their property’s west side.

“It’s sort of taken on a life of its own. I have retreats here.” Palmer feels that her venerable canyon reflects the sacredness of our own interior and that of the world. Many come to walk the labyrinth.

Labyrinths are often built on private land but are open to the public. Like Palmer, many owners feel compelled to share their gifts. Another such labyrinth can be found at True Nature Healing Arts in Carbondale. A member of its design team, Laura Kirk, principal of DHM, a local landscape architecture and planning firm, has a long-standing relationship with True CONTINUED > Nature and an affinity for labyrinths.

Labyrinth at True Nature Healing Arts in Carbondale; photo courtesy of True Nature.

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WALKING THE LABYRINTH IN NO NAME (CON TI N U ED)

Reverend Barbara Palmer; photo

by Asha Ironwood.

“I was grateful that we were able to include that [labyrinth] in the design for the peace gardens at True Nature,” says Kirk. Many seekers walk labyrinths in times of grief or loss, times when the heart needs a salve. “They are nice in that they offer another healing modality for people, one of many ways to find connection to self, to other, to spirit. I also find that, as a form of walking meditation, they can be accessible to some who find other forms of meditation challenging for whatever reason.”

In modern times, labyrinths come loaded in esoteric myth and misinformation. At first glance, the multitude of lines, twists and turns may seem confusing.

“The most important thing for people to know about labyrinths,” Kirk explains, “is they are not a maze—they are not meant to confuse, but rather to settle the mind with a single path in and out.

Nothing to think about, except putting one foot in front of the other.

A maze has multiple paths, and ends up being more of a search for the right path without dead ends and miscues.”

The labyrinth at True Nature nestles in lush, lovingly-tended gardens.

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source. Its width allows for balanced ease in navigation. A river boulder seat at its heart offers a place and time for contemplation. As a shorter path located in Carbondale’s downtown heart, it beckons during stolen moments.

Searching for Reverend Barbara Palmer’s place, I had gotten lost, accidently taking out a mailbox, trashing my paint job and showing up late. During our conversation, between Barbara’s story and the white noise of I-70 merging with the surging, spring swell of the Colorado River, I slowly unwound. When she invited me to view and walk her labyrinth, I was ready. She anointed me in frankincense, a historically sacred oil believed to open a gateway to the spiritual world. Its aroma was heavenly—truly! Barbara then placed a stone in my hand, symbolic of gift and intention. Heart and mind open, I took my first step, feet bare on the crushed stone, seeking.

With soft eyes to the ground, the lines of the labyrinth became three dimensional, planing out and shifting with each turn, reminding me of the ever-changing spaciousness within. I worried not where I was going; the path was the way.

I had arrived at Barbara’s place a laughable wreck. In addition to the mailbox and my paint job, news from a friend had turned the very stability of my home and family upside down.

With each step, my mind stilled the hurt and fear. I heard a whisper in the oak leaves around me: What is most important in life can never be taken away…just take the next right step…and the next…and the next.

My second dive into labyrinthian spirit brought me to its heart— and so, to my own. Thank you, Barbara. I’ll be visiting again soon.

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Steve’s Guitars — A Homegrown Treasure Big Talent in a Small Concert Hall ARTICLE OLIVIA PEVEC | PHOTOGRAPHY RENEE RAMGE

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n a show night at Steve's Guitars, a group of friends who gathered on the sidewalk walks in the door on the corner of 4th and alley. They drop their money into a bucket where the evening’s price is posted. When the stage lights go up, the focal point is a bass drum hanging high in a corner with the words "Green but Growing" hand-painted in a big nostalgic font.

"The Shop", as it is affectionately called by proprietor Steve Standiford, has seen 750 consecutive weeks of music and about 1500 shows. Perhaps these visitors are here to see a local singer-songwriter showcase or the current "house band" Let Them Roar. Maybe the performer will be a rising star like Hello Doll Face or a world-renowned act like the Steep Canyon Rangers.

After 22 years, the roots of this home-grown concert hall are deep and the music is always fresh.

Standiford and his wife and "not-so-silent partner," Mary Margaret O'Gara, moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1979 from Southern California. They wanted to start their family in a place "where we could make a positive impact, and see its development," so they moved to Woody Creek. Steve worked with the Roaring Fork Energy Center, helping to start the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) and Colorado Mountain College's solar energy program, which spawned Solar Energy International (SEI).

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In 1980, Standiford bought two guitars from Wally's Music on the second floor of Carbondale's Dinkel Building—a '62 Gibson Melody Maker and a 60’s Harmony Sovereign—not knowing that the seeds of Steve's Guitars were being planted.

On show night, when the band begins, the audience’s attention is palpable. Some sit on old movie theater seats, other prefer the cozy couches donated by Mateo Sandate. The front row offers extraordinary intimacy with the performers—on a full night, one’s knees brush the monitors. Every seat offers strong connections and an open exchange between performers and audience. As John Oats of Hall and Oats put it, "I love the spirit in the room itself. It brings me back to the purest form of live performance...no artifice...no fourth wall...just the artist and the audience, together for a single purpose, to celebrate the joy of music."

Often the audience is moved to a moment of silence as a song ends and one can hear the forest of guitars ringing out together in sympathy with the last note.

On the right kind of night, the audience will pick up their chairs to clear a dance floor. Sometimes a party will spill out into the street as it did for Diego's Umbrella on a Saturday night during Mountain Fair.

Making one’s way past the remains of During Christmas 1993, Standiford asked O’Gara if she thought it what was once Louis Hayes' luthmight be a good idea to buy Wally's Music, the shop where he bought ier shop to "the back room," a those first guitars. With an atypical lack of discussion, she simply said yes. visitor will discover its walls A fundraiser in the history-rich back The two soon opened Sopris Music with a celebratory 12 hours lined with posters of past room. The building, at 19 North 4th, of live music. "We had to finally cut the last act off," Steve recalls. shows and an extraordiwas built in the 1890's to house a bank.

Standiford ran Sopris Music as a traditional music store until it nary array of musical There's even a safe in the building. moved to its current location and took its current name in 1998, knick-knackery. but it has never been typical. Steve says, "When people ask if I ever It’s a kind of sell any of the guitars I say, 'reluctantly'". Standiford has amassed a musical shrine, and collection of more than 200 vintage guitars which, to an uneducated it’s what becomes eye, offer a feast of shape and color. Those who know guitars will of one man's dream spot some particular gems. The guitars are Standiford’s retirement when it is complan, but music is the life of the place. bined with the love Steve’s daughter, Shannon Standiford-O'Gara, grew up in The and contributions Shop. She says she and her friends attended hundreds of shows, of a broad commualways confident that it was their club too. She has been seeing nity of musicians and Lipbone Redding since she was eleven. Now in her twenties, she is music lovers. struck by how The Shop has seen "the whole story" of many wonAs artist and fan derful acts and people. An 80-year-old friend made Steve's Guitars Alleghany Meddows observed her place to return to society after her husband died. of Standiford, "His humility, dedHow can a guitar shop that doesn't sell guitars stay open? How ication, and vision are forces which can one run a music venue that doesn't include a doorman or a bar? make our world a better place to live."

While Standiford’s vision—a listening room that is about the music, not alcohol sales, a place that is for people of all ages and Schedules of upcoming events and a newsletter sign-up will be walks of life—has attracted a devoted community of supporters, found at StevesGuitars.net. Author Olivia Pevec sings with Steve's CONTINUED > house band Let Them Roar. it is not without its challenges.

The first time Standiford and O’Gara contemplated closing their doors, a band called Friends of Your Mother stepped up to be "the house band," playing regularly without payment—playing out of love for the place and its people.

Since then, most local bands and many visitors have done the same. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oats has played at least six benefits. Harley Stumbaugh helped upgrade the sound gear and Grass Roots TV has loaned a full video rig. With so many folks giving, Standiford has earned the community’s trust.

That trust is generally, but not always, rewarded.

O’Gara and Lark "Monk" Allen, who plays the roles of key holder and sometimes "door Nazi", are sometimes irritated by folks who don't put the door fee into the jar. They have even had to deal with people who actually helped themselves from the jar!

But the jar remains. The rent continues to get paid. The BYO policy remains in place and the Standiford-O'Gara family continue to feel that it's worthwhile to carry on. "Do I wish I had the dollars it has taken to keep Steve's open?" O’Gara asks, "not really".

Awna Texiera in April of 2013.

When the house lights come up at the night’s end, the audience mingles with the musicians, often eating cookies O’Gara has made.

WHAT PART OF "STEVE’S GUITARS" DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?

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John Oates at Steve's Guitars.

"He welcomes the passionate, talented high school band with the same enthusiasm as a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician."

- Renee Ramge, concert photographer

"There are no TV's, no random drunks and it has a truly unique vibe that can not be found elsewhere."

- Music donor Jesse Ogle of Hello Doll Face "[Steve] has worked diligently to create the conditions...for a rise of rich...creative culture to take root in the town of Carbondale, in a Carrie Rodiguez. Steve Standiford promoted Rodriguez at "The Shop" as her star was rising. Her new bi-cultural album "Lola" is getting much acclaim; she was recently featured on NPR's Tiny Desk series.

relaxed open-hearted way that I can only describe as Steve's Way!" - Mateo Sandate, guitarist of Let Them Roar "The place makes you a better musician if you allow it to.

For that matter, it makes you a better audience member too."

- Shawn O'Neill, formerly of Friends of Your Mother

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Thankfully, this is changing.

Roaring Fork Valley food activist Illene Pevec, PhD, believes, "We can empower our bodies to be healthy by eating 'close to the ground.' Food from a garden supports your health."

Here on home ground, our valley is honored with two on-site “clinic gardens” that provide nutritious fruits and vegetables for their staff and patients. With the help of volunteers, these gardens also provide the restorative benefits of fresh air, physical activity and connections to one another, nature and source.

Thanks in part to Pevec, one of these vegetable garden flourishes outside the Mountain Family Health Centers (MFHC)

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in Glenwood Springs. Physician Becca Percy, of Pediatric Partners, joined with Pevec to pitch the idea to Pediatric Partner's "Healthy Living" program. Nurse Practitioner Jenny Lang-Burns of MFHC soon jumped on board as well.

"We met to talk about doing programs for kids and decided a garden had to be made," said Percy, who is a pediatrician.

MFHC specializes in healthcare for lower-income populations. As noted in a 2008 article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, “energy-dense diets that are nutrient-poor are preferentially consumed by persons of lower socioeconomic status (SES) and of more limited economic means.” As a result, low-SES populations suffer most from the ill effects of inexpensive, nutritiously empty diets—heart disease, diabetes and obesity.

With additional support from Pevec's Sustainable Foodshed class at Colorado Mountain College, these three champions of wholesome food broke ground this spring. "I am thrilled that we are pioneering this approach to good health in our region. The only other program I know of that is similar, is through the Yale Medical School in New Haven," says Pevec. "That Yale program actually prescribes vegetable gardening time!"

At MFHC, staff and patients enjoy weeding, seeding and eating.

Soon, warm-season tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and squash will be harvested, but the garden’s rewards have already been tasted. In June, the partners held their first salad party to celebrate their lettuce success.

"It was a great way to give an example of how to assist staff and patient gardeners to eat a more-fresh and healthy diet," points out

Nurse Practitioner Lang-Burns. "I think many of our staff and patients have never participated directly in a garden and are amazed at how a garden grows and what is needed for a garden to grow. For our patients, I think the garden has provided a sense of purpose and community pride. It gives them motivation to be outside and be more active—which all directly improve their well-being and health."

"The garden has been used for many purposes,” Lang-Burns continues. “Yesterday, one of our behavior health providers took a patient to the garden for a counseling session. Staff use some of their free time to pull weeds. All of us check out the garden as we walk in the door and appreciate the goodness that the earth provides!"

Adds Percy, "I just love how many people have pitched in and done the grunt work. I tend to come up with ideas but not have the logistics to back it up. This is people coming together to make a positive impact on the community."

Grand River Health (GRH) in Rifle has jumped on board the clinic gardens movement too. What started as a few beds in 2013 has become a veritable Victory Garden and a key aspect of GRH's Nutritional Services Department. Grand River’s heated greenhouse enables them to provide food year around, thanks to the efforts 1. Photo by Crystal Schiller.

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of Greenhouse Manager Jackie Geiselman. Live Well and Subaru grants secured through Meals On Wheels helped the department to purchase a greenhouse heater and to set up the electricity to run it.

The commitment to GRH's nutritional services is also evident in their perennial crops—plants that return each year, growing larger and providing increasing abundance. A hillside by the greenhouse grows many perennials: grapes, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, rhubarb, horseradish and several varieties of mint. Several perennial herbs and root crops bring hospital food to life; these include chives, bee balm and parsley as well as shallots, onions and garlic. The greenhouse provides beets, kale, lettuce, cabbage, chard, broccoli, collard, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, squash, melons and cukes!

In 2015, the GRH annual report announced a harvest of 2,200 pounds while the Grand River Health Cafe prepared an average of 45 pounds of produce each week.

From Yale to Children’s Hospital in San Antonio to the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, hospitals and clinics around the U.S. have taken steps that show that they believe that a shift in medicine and health can be found through eating clean, wholesome fruits and vegetables. While some hospital campuses grow at an acreage scale, employing staff farmers and apprentices and providing produce on a huge scale for their cafeterias and cafes, they will be the first to admit that it's not a profitable venture.

They also acknowledge that it's a challenge to get kitchen staff to jump on board: Commercial produce, by comparison, arrives already cleaned and prepped. Not everyone likes whipped turnips versus the comfort of mashed potatoes.

But medical facilities are investing in clinic gardens to shift the paradigm of food and health. As Hippocrates wrote, "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food."

Mountain Family Health Center and Grand River Health are doing just that.

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4. Pam York, Jackie Gieselman and Sandra Lee at a Grand Valley Health open house. Photo by Crystal Schiller.

5. Planting at Mountain Valley Family Health Center; photo by Susan Carroll.

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Kemp’s subjects—a boy transf i xed by f iref lies, a bicycle mechanic f ighting the wind, a still life of white roses on a tiled table, a heartbreak ing dead bird—speak of bittersweet moments. These are the poetic moments of ever yday life that can be missed in the blink of an eye.

Now in her thirties, this locally-grown virtuoso has garnered two one-woman shows, a “Best in Show” award from the 2012 American Art Invitational at Saks Galleries in Denver, a 2014 article on “Painting Fundamentals” in International Artist, and coverage in four different stories in Southwest Art Magazine.

Kemp grew up in Glenwood Springs, and her work was recently featured in a four-person show at Carbondale’s Launchpad Gallery. Entitled “Renascence”, that exhibition featured Kemp’s work along with paintings by Western Colorado master realists Daniel Sprick and Dean Bowlby, plus marble sculptures by Gregory Tonozzi.

Kemp, who has studied with both Sprick and Bowlby, says that while she was a student at Glenwood High School, a teacher suggested that she take a figure-drawing class at Colorado Mountain College. The class was taught by Dean Bowlby. Dan Sprick sometimes dropped in as a guest instructor.

That year, a student who had been arranged to shadow Sprick in his studio was a no-show; Kemp jumped at the opportunity to pick up the broken date. “I watched him paint for a day and it was mesmerizing. It was magic,” she marvels.

In addition to earning a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Utah and studying at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Kemp benefitted from painting with Sprick in his studio during the summer and on weekends.

She spent time outdoors, painting plein air with Bowlby. She even tried sculpting marble with Greg Tonozzi, who is her cousin. “That was fun,” she says. “But it takes awhile and it’s very physically demanding. Marble is a hard medium; it will break apart if you’re not strategic about it.”

Although Kemp prepares to paint by sketching charcoal and graphite studies, and even paints some watercolors, the works that she shows and sells are realistic oil paintings.

She thinks that some painters are more artistically-driven while others are more craft-driven. “I have always loved the process of two-dimensional production,” she says, “So what it comes down to for me is the craft. I have always loved paper, paint, charcoal, pencils and markers. I like to create things with my hands.”

Kemp, who now lives in Golden, Colorado—near enough to Denver to be close to important galleries and still near enough to the mountains to feel at home—has exhibited in galleries in Santa Fe and has shown her work at the Saks Galleries in Cherry Creek in Denver for the past eight years.

Currently, Kemp is painting “mostly people, and focusing on the figure.” Her favorite subjects include open-ended narratives depicting people and objects with strong emotional tones.

Inspired by the culture and history she absorbed during a recent teaching stint in Italy, she’s currently working on a series of paintings portraying the famous Palio di Siena. Kemp’s Siena series includes a bareback horserace, drums, f lags, medieval costumes, hundreds of spectators and lots of color. Along with her own teaching this year in Italy, she also accompanied Daniel Sprick, assisting with his summer classes in Rome.

“For a long time, you need to paint just to hone your craft,” she says. “Then, after six or seven years, you get to a point of wanting to find what inspires you. I try to paint things that

are probably not amazing to other people, but are scenes from my life. I have to paint them in a way that makes them seem amazing to other people.”

“I try to paint what I know; to show everyday life in a light in that makes things glow and shine where they would be otherwise be lacking in luster."

“I try to paint what I know; to show everyday life in a light in that makes things glow and shine where they would be otherwise be lacking in luster.”

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Inspired By

Beauty Bred in the Bone COLBY JUNE’S JEWELRY ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO NECTAR

Colby June packages all her jewelry in undyed linen pouches and boxes that contain 70 percent post-consumer recycled content. While casting and some of the plating is done in Albuquerque, New Mexico, all other production is done in Carbondale. June says that she’s inspired by sustainable business practices, modern design and the natural environment, as well by her daughter Perry June’s free spirit and her husband’s eye for modern design.

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ocal jewelry designer Colby June recently unveiled her “Bone Collection.” This new collection, which includes necklaces, rings, earrings and studs, was inspired by the texture and shape of a small bone. The Bone Collection reveals sharp angles and smooth surfaces in silver, bronze and 14-carat gold speckled with diamonds, sunstone and onyx. Of her design inspiration, June says, “The bone was still jagged at the top, with a beautiful but unusual texture that both pushes you away and pulls you in. The push-and-pull of nature inspires me daily, and I tried to bring that conflicting emotion of desire into this collection.”

After taking a jewelry class in San Miguel de Allende Mexico in 1995, Colby June

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She and her husband, an architect, moved to Carbondale in 2008. She first opened a studio in an artists’ collective, moving to her own studio in 2013.

In addition to the Bone Collection, she has created collections based on wings, coral, leaves, nests and sticks and stones.

Working mostly with precious metals like gold, silver, and bronze (as well as the occasional gemstone “for an unexpected splash of color”), Colby June’s pieces are organic and simple in shape—many resemble delicate twigs, leaves, grass blades, or water-polished stones. They can be seen at her studio at 1136 Colorado Avenue in Carbondale or at ColbyJune.com.

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here has been considerable press recently about the dangers of common pesticides, and at various times, I have written about the problems that the birds and bees—our pollinators—are experiencing, possibly due to the use of some insecticides. Many people have also experienced health issues resulting from insecticide use, and some parents are concerned that pesticides used on lawns and gardens may be harmful to their children.

Organic controls are often safer than commercial pesticides. But not always! Some organic products can irritate skin, cause stomach issues and harm beneficial insects.

The best controls are often cultural. This means siting plants where they will thrive, using proper planting techniques, watering appropriately, pruning and providing care to ensure the health of your plants.

Healthy plants are much more resilient to insect and disease issues.

Let’s start with the soil. This is where most diseases originate and where many insects over-winter. Before planting or even purchasing plants, it’s a good idea to prepare the soil. In existing garden areas this may be as simple as removing the weeds, roots and all. Taking the time to dig out the roots will mean less work in the long run. Tilling or stirring up the soil will often expose insect eggs and larvae to the weather and allow birds and other predators easy access to them.

To maintain soil nutrients, a high-quality compost should be added to gardens at least once a year.

If you have had disease issues in the past you may want to solarize or flame the soil. Solarizing is accomplished by spreading plastic over the garden for at least four or five months. The plastic will concentrate the sun, causing the soil to heat up and kill many diseases. Since this is often effective only during the warm summer months, it usually means resting the garden for one season.

Flaming speeds up the process because it involves using a propane torch on the soil. The soil is heated up until it turns black. Then it is tilled and flamed again so that the top eight to twelve inches is affected. These methods are not something routinely needed or desired, but they do help with stubborn diseases.

Properly siting plants means looking at the site conditions, especially the amount of direct sun an area receives. Plants such as zinnias, tomatoes, squash and basil are full-sun lovers. Full sun means a minimum of six hours of sunlight actually touching the plants. Less than this, or indirect sun, will mean a yield of fewer flowers, leaves and fruit.

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An easy home remedy is to fill a spray bottle with water and add a few drops of oil and dishwashing soap; shake it up and then spray.

These sprays are only effective if they actually touch the insects you want to eradicate, so you must take the time to turn over leaves and hit the areas where the pests are.

Here’s to wishing you a healthy, and organic, crop of fruits, vegetables and flowers!

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August

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gust 6, kirtan musician Mira Gale performs east-west folk music

le Musico on April 17 and Paper Bird, August 24. This is a free con-

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AUGUST 3 GLENWOOD'S SUMMER OF MUSIC

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB GLENWOOD CAVERNS ADVENTURE PARK Come to Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) for live music, food and drinks from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Fridays. Featuring Painters' Stage Aug. 5, the Logan Brothers Aug. 12, Fifty-50 Band Aug. 17 and Gerry Goodman Band Aug. 27. Free tram ride with a coupon from the Friday Post Independent, valid for up to four people, starting at 4 p.m.

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ries of small diptychs alongside larger paintings and a wall of framed

dors. No smoking, no pets and no glass containers. Free, but

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Parting Thoughts

WORDS JOYCE MARTZ

H

er name is Lenore and she is far more than “just a chicken.”

She is my heart and an incredible light in my life. I have 25 hens, but there is only one Lenore.

She is a Speckled Sussex and whenever I look at her, she has her head cocked sideways so she can look up and see me. She is always thinking the same thing. I can see it in her eyes, and it goes something like, “Ya got any blueberries? Worms? Blackberries?”

Before I fenced-in my chickens, she used to peck on the glass storm door. The door would open just a crack and I would slip her a berry, doing it quickly and quietly so that the other chickens wouldn’t notice. Then 30 minutes later, there would come more pecking at the front door and another sweet berry would slip through.

Every afternoon when I sit down, she hops in my lap. When I put my arms around her and start to rock, she takes a nap in my arms. I stroke her gently while she sleeps, and her feathers are so silky soft it warms my heart.

These are moments that are soul-satisfying and fill my chest with love for a chicken.

But it’s more than that, far more, for when they told me a couple years ago I had terminal cancer, I knew I was in real trouble. By

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earthly standards, I am an old woman; my children are middle-aged and the grandchildren are grown. My work is done. So it was a time in life when it might be acceptable to pass on.

But when I thought of Lenore, all bets were off. I was not going to die and leave that chicken.

It was an incredible experience during the days and months that followed, for as an old woman, I might have acquiesced. But at the thought of Lenore and all her coop buddies strength of such a magnitude that I can not describe would come to me. My back would straighten, my head would rise and my spirit would soar.

“I am not going to leave that chicken.”

So thanks to Lenore, a million prayers from family, friends, strangers and the incredible wonders of medicine, I am here today with a life expectancy that should leave Lenore well-taken-care-of for the rest of her life. For once you’ve loved a chicken, you have to hang in there for the long haul.

Reprinted with permission from the author; originally printed in My Pet Chicken at blog.mypetchicken.com.

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