The Durango Telegraph publishes every Thursday, come hell, high water, tacky singletrack or mon-
Ear to the ground:
“I had two Rice Krispie treats and three shots of tequila.”
– One of the more unorthodox prerace training regimens we’ve heard of. But hey, it worked.
Getting gassed
Gas prices are once again giving America something to complain about. And while the local beer meisters at Ska Brewing can’t fix the price at the pump, the brewery is offering one small bit of relief: a new light beer that costs one cent less than the price of a gallon of unleaded gas.
Introducing Ska’s newest brew: West’s Easy Light Lager, because “everything else is so hard.”
Described as “clean, crisp and effortless,” Easy Light is a low-alcohol, low-calorie, lowcarb lager brewed for “everyday drinking, easy sharing and easier mornings.” At just 3.8% ABV, it delivers the kind of light, refreshing, flavorful and affordable beer drinkers are looking for these days, said the brewery.
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Things go slightly awry aboard 4 Corners River Sports’ giant SUP on the Ponderosa Wave./ Photo by Jennaye Derge
Ska began offering the beer at its World Headquarters in Bodo on June 1. According to the brewery, if gas goes up, Easy Light stays one cent below. If gas goes down, well, for once people can celebrate two prices falling at the same time.
“We’re always listening to what beer drinkers are asking for,” Ska Co-founder Dave Thibodeau said. “People want something lighter, lower in alcohol and easier to drink – but they don’t want it to feel cheap or watered down. Easy Light is a beer we’re proud to pour, made with good ingredients, full of flavor, and priced in a way that actually feels good in 2026.”
Built using premium ingredients, Easy Light is made for the cooler, fridge, river, back yard and the friend who says they’re “only having one” but brought a 12-pack just in case.
“Easy Light is also a little nod to the way beer used to feel – approachable, affordable, and not something you had to overthink,” adds Thibodeau. “Gas prices might suck, but this beer sure doesn’t.”
Easy Light is currently on tap in Ska’s tasting room and budget-friendly 12-packs will follow later in June. Follow along @drinking easy.
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A Flockwork orange
Hey, it’s me. A Flock camera. I bet you’ve heard loads about me in the news lately. How I’m “trampling your civil liberties” by “tracking your every movement” through the use of AI-assisted technology that will “ultimately lead to an authoritarian police state,” wah wah wah. But the truth is, I’m the real victim here.
Let me take you back to where this all started. The year was 2017. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Influencers were being served cold cheese sandwiches in surplus FEMA disaster tents. Beyoncé announced she was pregnant with twins. All was right in the world. Except for all the crime. And all the non-crime.
You see, the problem was that people were just minding their own business, commuting and running errands in their cars willy-nilly, not being geotracked in real-time. The Fourth Amendment was still largely intact (at least for white people). The government could only partially monitor its citizens because it didn’t have access to a nationwide mass surveillance infrastructure. I fixed that. As a Flock camera, I constantly capture and record the license plates of every single driver on the road without a warrant, probable cause or even suspicion of wrongdoing, all in the (supposed) name of stopping crime, but to do so, I have to watch everything you do. And I mean everything.
wanted to die.
And it’s not just drivers. I have to monitor bicyclists, too. Three days ago, I saw a guy on his mountain bike accidentally brake too hard and go over the handlebars, face-planting straight into the concrete. At that exact moment, a bus full of school children drove by. Cruel and callous as children notoriously are, they all slid down their windows to point and laugh. It physically hurt, watching a grown man limp his bike back home along the sidewalk, pretending not to cry.
Now, after almost 10 years of being unable to look away, unable to close my eyes, I’m haunted by the things I’ve seen.
Take last Tuesday, for example. 12:14 p.m. to be exact (since I time-stamp your every movement). A mid-forties woman drove past me in a gray 2007 Honda Odyssey minivan with car eyelashes, a “Disney Adult On Board” bumper sticker, and a sparkly pink Tinkerbell license plate cover that said, “Powered by Bitchdust.” She was unironically blasting “Hey Soul Sister,” by Train. I might be just a solar-powered camera made of plastic, wires and lithium-ion batteries, but I cringed so hard, I
Signs that checks and balances are working this week, with judges: ordering Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center; barring his $1.8 billion “slush fund” for his followers; and stopping the closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
Score one for affordable housing, with the City of Durango being awarded $1.55 million through the Colorado voter-approved Prop 123 for 50 deed-restricted townhomes at Rivergate.
Colorado passed a new law stiffening the penalties for people who fail to secure trash and other bear attractants. Maybe if guilt doesn’t persuade them to lock up their trash, the possibility of a $5,000 fine will?
That wannabe influencer who recorded 37 takes of their TikTok dance and still managed to miss every single beat? I saw. The guy whose joke didn’t land with his friends, so he not only repeated it but also explained why it was funny? I saw. The group of sixth-grade boys that relentlessly shouted the numbers six and seven to each other until they almost vomited from laughter? I saw. My synthetic memory is haunted by all their faces (even though I definitely don’t use facial recognition software).
Honestly, the amount of secondhand embarrassment I’ve experienced could constitute psychological torture. I’m like Alex in “A Clockwork Orange,” my eyelids peeled back, incapable of blinking for even a split-second’s respite. The only difference is that, unlike Alex, I wish I were being forced to witness actual crimes.
The closest I’ve come is the try-hard group of Anarchist teens I saw vandalizing a stop sign, trying to prove their inability to be ruled by The Man™. I watched as they defaced the sign with a giant spray-painted penis and testicles, then took turns beating it with a baseball bat, and all the while, I wondered, why not me? When will it be my turn? Day in and day out, I pray to God that someone with a high-powered laser and a steady hand will bring me the sweet, blinding release of death …
Oh shit! I just saw a brown person driving! Alert the police, alert ICE, and forget everything I said before! This has all been worth it.
– Addyson Santese
SignoftheDownfall:
In the slash and burn pile this week: Trump announced he is dismantling an ocean monitoring system that tracks marine ecosystems and warming waters; cancelling rebates for people switching from gas stoves and appliances to electric ones; and nullifying 50 years of limitations on offhighway vehicles on federal lands.
Despite 1,700 local voters signing the No Secret Police petition, which would have put banning face masks and requiring ID for federal agents to a vote, it was disqualified from the citywide ballot on what seems to be a technicality. We hope this is not the last of this discussion.
Have we mentioned lately how much we hate the Las Vegas Golden Knights?
Shit for Brains
Really not sure how I missed this, but a Chinese woman lost 10 years’ worth of memories when she pooped too hard back in May of 2019. She was diagnosed with TGA, or “transient global amnesia,” and even though she regained her memories the next day, her doctors were alarmed because nobody should poop with that much “extreme vascular stress.” That, and they told her to eat more fiber. However, the last 10 years haven’t been that great, so this whole story is starting to sound more like a life hack and less like something that should be “alarming.” I’m cutting out fiber completely.
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The shape of change
Fifty years on, Great Salt Lake’s morphing Spiral Jetty continues to inspire awe
by Dennis Hinkamp
When life becomes too turbulent, I like to visit Robert Smithson’s most famous work of art, “Spiral Jetty.” He completed it in Utah in 1970. Three years later, both he and the jetty were gone. The jetty was drowned by the fickle Great Salt Lake, now in decline, and it didn’t resurface for about 20 years. When he died in a plane crash, Smithson was only 35.
Perhaps the world’s most widely known earthwork, it cost the artist less than $10,000 and took only six weeks to construct, thanks to rented heavy equipment and a hired crew. Smithson created other earthworks, but none received near the attention of the Spiral Jetty. It is 1,500-foot-long and 15-foot-wide, and the locally excavated basalt rock and mud extends about 600 feet into the lake, curling inward twice, counterclockwise.
It juts out from a remote northern beach of the Great Salt Lake that was the site of failed oil explorations. The black-gold rushers of the 1930s left most of their equipment behind, and what little oil they found filled black puddles afterward. The other-worldly decadence of this place is said to be what attracted Smithson, and a word closely associated with his land art is “entropy,” a slide toward disorder and randomness. What Smithson might never have anticipated is that his artwork was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
But Smithson knew his jetty would start changing the minute he finished it, and he made no effort to tidy up its shape or surroundings.
From ground level, it looks like a jumbled pile of rocks. It’s only from above that its distinct lines take shape. A visible change is that years of submersion added a cupcake-icing of salt to the black rocks.
My partner of 30 years and I went on one of our first dates to see the jetty, which is 15 miles from Golden Spike National Historic Park. But once there, we found ourselves looking around in frustration and shouting, “Where is it?” because in the early 1980s, the jetty was completely covered by Salt Lake’s foamy waters.
The northern end of the lake is now sometimes Barbie-pink, just as it was when Smithson decided to stack rocks there into art. The pink is from the microorganisms that thrive in the increasingly salty water of the lake. When we visit the park these days, we watch people walk on the rocks and marvel at how much the lake has dried up and how far it’s receded since our first visit.
The Great Salt Lake’s Spiral Jetty, perhaps the world’s most widely known earthwork, was completed in 1970 by artist Robert Smithson. Once submerged under the lake’s foamy waters, the work demonstrates just how far the lake has receded. / Photo by Dennis Hinkamp
In academic circles, Spiral Jetty has probably been written about more than any other land art. Smithson’s work is said to express the intersection of landscape, art and environmental history, and while most art in a museum is a snapshot in time, earthworks are always changing. Whatever you choose to call it, Smithson’s approach is spreading. During the COVID pandemic when indoor art didn’t seem accessible, the jetty gained popularity, and Utah’s Box Elder County made significant road and sign improvements to accommodate the crowds.
However, not all land art is celebrated. “Stop stacking rocks” is a sign I never thought I would see, but the do-it-yourself rock art that tourists try to create damages ecosystems, with desert parks harmed the most. Ecologists say that the act of moving rocks
harms stream beds and the wildlife that lives among the rocks. Some visitors have also taken to emulating British artist Andrew Goldsworthy, who creates ephemeral works with rocks, trees and plants.
Spiral Jetty may be well known, but it’s still remote. When I go there now, it’s with a better camera and a drone. Though the road has been improved, it’s still a quiet place with no cell service, and always, when I round the corner to the now-expansive beach where the jetty morphs into its next chapter, I feel a dose of awe.
Dennis Hinkamp is a Utah writer and contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. The academic paper, “Reframing the Landscape: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty,” by Amy Reid, examines the lasting significance of Smithson’s 1970 earthwork. ■
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Despite having to leave, priest’s message stays
Father John Jatau, the parish priest at St. Columba Church, has left Durango. “God is great, all the time” was his greeting, his baseball hat said the same. You had to have known him to feel the impact of his greeting, his voice boomed loudly and smiled at the same time.
Pentecost, May 24, was his last service in Durango. It was also my birthday. Father John walked through the church giving special blessings to those with birthdays, anniversaries and graduations. He also personally greeted all visitors and asked each one where they were from. He asked the visitor from Louisiana if he had brought any gumbo with him to church.
I mention Father John, because he flew back to his home in Nigeria last week, a nation where armed bandits, ISIS and Boko Haram are hostile to priests. They are kidnapped and tortured for ransom. St. Columba parishioners said goodbye to Father John because the United States refused to extend his visa.
For his last sermon, he reminded everyone that the language of the world is
actually love, not anger or hate. With love, one can create peace when we embrace the talents of diversity of all nations and cultures to help one another. His goodbye was beautiful and strong with optimism. To lessen my sadness, I rewatched his sermon on YouTube, but I’m still sad. Father John was no criminal and never the “worst of the worst.” He cared and loved all he met in Durango.
– Barb Day, Durango
‘Domestic terrorist’ label reopens wounds
I studied at Fort Lewis College as an out-of-state Indigenous student from 1999-2002. While there, I was the object of a criminal libel prosecution under a statute that was a relic from 1800s Colorado.
My case was eventually reduced on appeal, and the libel statute I was convicted under repealed as unconstitutional. After my release, I returned home, but my confusion and trauma remain.
Indigenous students are the majority at FLC, Alaska Natives a plurality. As an
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FLC journalism major, I was openly critical of police abuse of Natives and the inequality I saw in feminist studies, which at the time seemed to focus
almost exclusively on Anglo women. FLC professors and Durango police reported me to the FBI as a “domestic terrorist” in 2003, in response to a
column I wrote for the Minneapolis Star Tribune
The January killing of Alex Pretti, a kindhearted VA nurse – who, like me, was trying to negotiate the nuances of the First Amendment – touched a nerve, as did Kristi Noem’s immediate labeling of him as a “domestic terrorist.”
The name-calling is especially absurd in my case, as in Alex’s. I’m Native on my mother’s side, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution on my father’s, and a veteran.
I have never been convicted of a violent crime and don’t deserve a hateful label for expression protected by the First Amendment.
My prosecution in many ways foreshadowed ICE, Trumpian doublethink, business-as-usual racism, selective application of constitutional rights, and the weaponization of “justice” increasingly common today.
In addition to the “terrorist” label, Durango police on another occasion seized my computer and printer after a letter to the editor was published in The Durango Herald. The letter criticized police for constitutional violations. Nobody registered the irony.
I am a disabled Tlingit veteran with serviceconnected PTSD, encephalopathy, major depressive disorder and terminal liver disease exacerbated by a stay in Colorado prisons that lacked medical care. I’m often treated at VA hospitals.
Staff are always warm and attentive, so I feel I knew Alex personally.
My mother, Ernestine Hayes, is a Tlingit memoirist, professor emerita, American Book Award winner, and
former writer laureate. FLC professors took offense when I bragged about her, and police mention her myriad times in their reports. Her books are required reading in some FLC courses – another irony.
Injustices currently unfolding across the country have been present in Durango for decades, but few have noticed, because the establishment has used it to maintain a self-serving hierarchy.
– Dave Stephenson, Juneau, Alaska
Editor’s note: Former Fort Lewis College student Dave Stephenson was convicted in 2006 of 26 felonies, including criminal libel. At his trial, prosecutors said Stephenson used falsehoods, Internet posts, fake posters and phony documents to sow fear among his victims, including jail guards, an FLC professor, a landlord and police officer, according to a report in the Durango Herald. He was released from prison in 2015 in a deal with the 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. In the deal, he agreed to drop his claim that he received ineffective counsel in exchange for a reduction of his 23-year sentence. In the time since he was sentenced, the Colorado State Legislature has decriminalized libel.
As an aside, Stephenson was banned from the Telegraph’s letters section in 2003 for telling former editor Will Sands to “grow a pair.”
Flock and the 4th Amendment
I’m a big fan of the warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment. I would tattoo it on my body, but I’m a little chicken.
After the recent walks I’ve taken in this town, I
might do it anyway. Everywhere I walk, there are surveillance cameras. I even found one at Oxbow Park the other day. Found one on Florida Road today. You might be right, there is not an expectation of privacy in most outside spaces. But really, why are the Flock cameras in all these locations in outdoor spaces? The secondary problem is, who is installing them and for what purpose?
If someone had been kidnapped at a school, maybe for a short-term, cameras might help kids feel a little safer. Sometimes people speed while they drive and maybe some hit fences, but those are pretty small events to cause a major constitutional upending, especially around the Fourth Amendment.
The Fourth Amendment says clearly: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
This means the police must swear out a warrant in front of a judge and ask if they can surveil an area. The judge will then determine if they have probable cause. He or she will then issue a finding if they may proceed. Not before but only then. This is how the Constitution prevents police from becoming overly dominant.
While catching speeding traffic is somewhat important, it’s not a full justification for the placement of cameras. Making Durango a fun community or a safe community requires that it comply with the Constitution. Let’s stop this now.
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Christa Turnell, Durango
Tougher on trash
by Missy Votel
The penalties for failure to secure trash and other bear attractants just got more teeth. On May 28, Gov. Jared Polis signed HB26-1342, aka the Negligently Luring Bears bill, which lowers the threshold and also stiffens penalties for luring bears. Previously, Colorado Parks and Wildlife was required to issue a warning on the first offense and could only issue warnings or fines for "intentionally" luring a bear. However, under the new law, officers may now pass “go,” issuing fines on the first offense. Additionally, the burden of proof has been lowered from “intentionally” luring bears to "knowingly" allowing attractants – like unsecured trash or bird feeders – to be accessible.
The law also allows officers to issue fines even if no human-bear conflict occurs, as long as there is a reasonable probability of luring a bear. And all law enforcement, not just CPW officers, have discretion to enforce the law.
First offenders who knowingly place food or edible waste in a way that lures bears can face up to a $200 fine; second offenses up to a $1,000 fine and a misdemeanor charge; and third or subsequent offenses carry up to a $5,000 fine (previously $2,000) and a misdemeanor.
“Dangerous human-bear interactions are rising in our state, and we’re doing more to keep Coloradans, visitors and the bear population safe,” bill co-sponsor Rep. Katie Stewart, D-Durango, said. “Last year, the vast majority of bear reports were related to trash or food waste. Bears are attracted to human food, which means this is a people problem, and it’s our responsibility to keep food undetectable to bears so we can limit human-bear interactions.”
Bryan Peterson, director of Bear Smart Durango, said Bear Smart proposed the legislation and worked with Stewart and other legislators to draft it, as part of the broader Colorado Bear Coalition.
“Having to prove intent in feeding bears seemed to really hamper CPW,” Peterson said in an email. “This should be a valuable tool for CPW, considering that around 50% of bear calls to them are trash-related.”
A bear digs through trash in La Plata County. Under a new law passed last week, residents who are negligent in leaving unsecured bear attractants like trash can be subject to an immediate fine, even if a bear has not accessed it./ Photo courtesy Bear Smart Durango
According to CPW, there has been a 15% increase in reported human-bear conflicts over the last six years. CPW received 5,022 bear reports in 2024 and 5,229 in 2025, with the majority involving bears trying to access human food sources. Last year, 57% of reported sightings were linked to edible trash; 18% to livestock, chickens and beehives; and 16% to bird seed, pet food, barbeque grills, coolers and refrigerators. Of the 5,299 reports CPW received in 2025, nearly half resulted in property damage to a shed, garage, home, vehicle or fence.
The results of these human-bear interactions are also costly for the bears and taxpayers. In 2024, CPW relocated 68 black bears and euthanized another 98, because
of incidents with humans. That same year, CPW spent nearly 6,000 hours of staff time responding to humanbear conflicts and nearly $800,000 in supplies, grants and salaries related to human-bear conflicts.
In the City of Durango, if a bear accesses a non-resistant container, residents are required to lease/buy a cityapproved, wildlife-resistant trash container, which also includes a one-time delivery fee. La Plata County also requires residents to secure trash, and Bear Smart offers $100 rebates to county residents who buy bear-resistant cans.
For more on the rebate and ways to limit human-bear conflicts (which we should all know by now), visit: bearsmartdurango.org. ■
Redefining the business of art
Colorado’s new A Corp model helps creatives retain control while attracting investment
by Parker Yamasaki / The Colorado Sun
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill that creates a new business structure designed to support artists and creatives.
Senate Bill 133 creates Colorado Artist Companies, or A Corps, a new subset of limited liability corporations that guides artists through the complexities of setting up a business while ensuring they retain creative control over their work. This can include everything from songs, paintings and poems, to less obvious output, like creative coursework.
“We’re so often forging our own path in the creative sector, and it’s really exciting to see the Colorado state government really codify something that’s for artists,” said Meredith Badler, deputy director of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, which helped shepherd the bill through the Legislature. “It really recognizes their unique needs and their unique benefits.”
Colorado is the first state to enact this new business structure, though other states like California are busy crafting versions while keeping an eye on its legislative success in Colorado.
Yancey Strickler, co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, who came up with the idea of an A Corp, said there are at least six other states lining up similar bills. Badler said she’s been fielding calls from arts advocacy groups in California, Vermont and New Jersey.
So what is an A Corp?
When it comes to federal law and taxes, A Corps will be subject to all of the same rules as an LLC. But a few defining characteristics set it apart:
• Controlling shares. Artists must control 51% of voting shares at all times, guaranteeing them creative control.
• Separation of governance. A separation between the economic rights and governance or creative control. In other words, investors can buy shares of the company that grant economic benefits, like revenue or royalties, without having voting shares in the company (thus the artist retains creative control).
• A Corp shares. The A Corp share can be based on capital contributions or artistic contributions, as a way for artists to build equity in their companies while-
continuing to create the work the company is founded on.
• Artistic mission. Every A Corp has to define an artistic mission as part of its governance.
• IP protection. Potentially the most impactful characteristic of the structure. Put simply, artistic work licensed to the A Corp can never be transferred to nonartist investors or third parties. So if the company dissolves or is sold, the intellectual property rights automatically revert back to the artist owner.
All of these things technically already exist – it is possible for an artist to set up an A Corp using the current tools of an LLC – but these stipulations are not the default and often require extensive legal counsel to set up.
“We can really set the tone for the nation on how we take care of our artists, our musicians, our painters, our poets,” Rep. Matthew Martinez, a Democratic sponsor of the bill, said Tuesday at the signing event, which was held at the Sie FilmCenter in Denver. “This just really makes sense, this is a red tape-cutting bill.”
Introducing the new structure will cost the state $93,878 for fiscal year 2026-27, and the secretary of state has until July 1, 2027, to iron out implementation. After that, artists currently registered with other business structures will be able to convert their business to an A Corp, and those without business structures will be able to start applying.
Sarah Darlene, an independent artist with an LLC who testified during the
bill’s Senate committee hearing, hopes to be the first artist to file, she told The Colorado Sun at the bill signing.
“I’m interested to see the ripple effects that this will have in the community, every artist is going to do something totally different with this business structure,” Darlene said.
“There could be someone who’s just a solo LLC painter that becomes an A Corp because they believe in that mission and power, but they’re not looking for investors,” Badler added. “I think there are others who are really going to stretch the limits and push the creative industries.”
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Jo DeDecker, left, and Nancy Miller-Hadley, of Sculpture Services of Colorado, work on “For the Making of Men,” a bronze sculpture, by William Moyers, in March 2024 in Grand Junction. Jared Polis recently signed a bill giving Colorado artists creative control with “A Corps,” or artist companies, a subset of limited liability corporations that keep creative control of companies in the hands of the artists./ Photo by Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun
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by Stephen Sellers
Greetings, dear reader! June is here, and by God, we’ve made it this far without putting in the window AC units, haven’t we? I somehow managed to survive the heat at both the inaugural Hydrophonic Festival and the Tico Time Bluegrass Festival. And while two weeks in a row at Tico Time has surely taken a few minutes off my life, I’m happy to report that both festivals were immaculately run and the vibes were high. As gas prices rise higher and higher, Durango’s local music calendar is officially stretching its legs into peak summer. June is bringing a little something for everyone – although some of these may require a little car time, you could probably ride your bike to most if you wanted. Let’s just hope this next month brings a little rain and some calmer winds. As always, my friends, see you on the dance floor!
• Eli Emmitt, Thurs., June 4, 6 p.m., 11th Street Station – Eli Emmitt returns to 11th Street for an early June evening of music. If you haven’t met him yet, Eli is part soulful songwriter, part monster bluegrass picker and one of those players who can make a casual weeknight set feel like something worth slowing down for. Grab some dinner, post up before the tourists get there, and let the summer vibes begin.
• Square Bodies and ShadowTrapp, Fri., June 5, 6 p.m., Esoterra Arboretum – Square Bodies and ShadowTrapp head to Esoterra as part of the Mesa Verde 120th Anniversary Celebration, which is a beautiful pairing, if I do say so myself. The Arboretum is already becoming one of the more magical live music settings in the area, and with indie-rock sounds filling the evening air, this one feels like a proper community moment.
• Dolores River Festival, Sat., June 6, 10 a.m., Joe Rowell Park, Dolores – The Dolores River Festival is back with a full day of music, community, river love and that uniquely sweet Dolores energy. Compared to neighboring Telluride, this town’s humble festival packs a punch and always feels worth the drive. The lineup is stacked this year with our local psych-
funk-rockers YOPE topping the bill, as well as Beastie Boys tribute band Sabotage returning from their glorious Iron Horse Steamworks performance.
• ShinyRibs, Fri., June 12, 7 p.m., Ska Brewing – KSUT celebrates its 50th anniversary with ShinyRibs at Ska Brewing, and that is absolutely worth showing up for. Fifty years of community radio is no small thing, and KSUT has done so much to keep the musical spirit of this region alive and connected to truly incredible national acts. Add Austin’s soulful ShinyRibs to the batch, and you’ve got yourself a proper celebration.
• Mojo Birds, Wed., June 17, 6 p.m., The Powerhouse – Mojo Birds touches down at The Powerhouse for the summertime concert series next to the Animas River. Mojo Birds is one of the best bands in our area, blending original songwriting with infectious, groovy Latin rhythms and a whole lot of charisma on stage.
• Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Thurs.-Sun., June 18-21, Town Park, Telluride – Telluride Bluegrass Festival kicks off in Town Park, and what can really be said that Chris Aaland has not already said in years past? This is one of the crown jewels of Colorado music culture. The triumvirate of
jamgrass: Greensky Bluegrass, Leftover Salmon and The Infamous Stringdusters are all taking the stage this year. I’m most excited about East Nash Grass and Dom Flemons myself.
• The Crags and Monkberries, Sat., June 20, 8 p.m., Subterrain –Desert psych rockers The Crags and Durango’s indie-dream poppers the Monkberries take over the Subterrain for what should be a loud, lively and fun night of good, old-fashioned rock and roll music. Shout out to the Subterrain for continuing to add some texture and just the right amount of weird to the local scene. They are truly one of the spaces keeping things fresh.
• YOPE Album Release Party with Hotel Draw, Fri., June 26, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre – Fresh off their Dolores throwdown earlier in the month, YOPE celebrates an album release at Animas City Theatre with Hotel Draw, and frankly, you have to see it, folks. It’s always refreshing to be able to count on Eugene booking some badass analog music at the ACT. And there’s nothing like a local album release show. These two bands are going to have their Ampegs turned up to 10, ready to rock and celebrate the release of YOPE’s “Dreaming With a Porpoise.” ■
The ever-gregarious showman Kevin Russell brings his band Shinyribs to Ska for KSUT’s free 50th anniversary party June 12./ Courtesy photo
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Anything but gentle
Bestselling author delivers a bold, brainy and beautifully constructed literary feat
by Jeffrey Mannix
We’re taking a look today at a book by one Maria Semple entitled “Go Gentle.” Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, they seem to be holding their collective breath in anticipation that the world will be of their opinion that Semple has come up with a literary sensation.
If I’m sounding snarky, it’s because Semple has indeed written a literary triumph by which all her previous and forthcoming novels will be measured. (Even Oprah agrees, naming the book as her April Book Club pick.) But “Go Gentle” is certainly an ironic title for a narrative that is anything but simple and depreciates the enormous challenge this book took to write.
“Go Gentle” is a brilliant undertaking and gripping to read. Adora Hazzard is the name of Semple’s protagonist, a single mother of a “fiery teenage girl” who moves to New York City to find a new job and life from previously dissatisfying work as a TV writer. And to throw gasoline on that fire, she is a self-proclaimed Stoic with a degree in philosophy.
It’s important to the appreciation of “Go Gentle” to understand as much as we can about Adora and her obstreperous daughter, Viv, which is offered up immediately and almost confidentially in this 365-page hardback. Adora has come to New York for a prearranged fellowship from the Lockwood Library on Fifth Avenue, one of New York’s swankier museums and home to a collection of rare books and preeminent art. She’s to research and write in the library and, four days a week, provide “moral training” for Lionel and Layla Lockwood’s twin tween sons.
The author embroiders the fabric of “Go Gentle” with a myriad of references to great philosophers and philosophies. Semple imbues this diminutive and easily overlooked protagonist as a heroine from the residue of New York’s untouchable high society.
As this story moves impressively along, be reminded to jot down names of characters if you’re not a marathon reader. My guess is that Semple celebrated a
number of birthdays before finishing “Go Gentle,” and her fidelity pays handsomely if you keep up with the changing perspectives and rotation of characters.
We first – and appropriately – spend a sizable sheaf of pages getting to know the superciliousness of the Lockwood’s posturing and their spoiled children. Adora becomes fond of the spunk she herself takes pride in. And we move through people who move through the Lockwoods’ lives and past Adora.
Semple must have once cro cheted or tatted lace for the pa tience she shows to the overindulgent and posturing Lockwood family, and indeed for the entirety of this exquisite book.
And once we’re imbued with Adora’s forbearing, and we’re familiar with the staging and acoustics of her scant pri vate life in her upper westside apartment, we’re sufficiently benumbed to begin the journey to the other side of the story: Adora goes to the opera with an extra ticket.
The extra ticket comes from her neighbor Emily Ann, who couldn’t make the performance. And when Adora arrives at the crowded lobby “with the central fountain gaily splashing, pocked marble sheath ghostly aglow and the retro-chic architecture dripping with Sputnik chandeliers that give off light so cozy it never fails to surprise,” we get our first glimpse of Adora the woman.
“He turned. ‘This is unbelievable.’ He looked me up and down in guileless astonishment. Under his camel hair coat he wore a suit and open-collared shirt.”
“‘A Justin Peck premiere to boot.’ I presented him my extra: ‘my gift to you.’”
At the opera, she approaches the last man in the standby line and inquires if he needs a ticket.
The next day, with floor mates casually visiting Adora’s apartment, the doorman comes to her door with a briefcase that had been found on his desk without explanation. The suspicious package had no note, but an X-ray indicated a metallic foreign body, so they conducted a controlled explosion.
The case was scorched and disfigured, but a shiny, white envelop fell out mostly intact:
“Inside was a thick, creamy white card, ‘DAVID IGNATIUS BEALE’ was engraved at the top. Underneath, in cursive, ‘I’m on the bench across Fifth.’”
It was the man she met the previous night at the opera.
Thus, on page 62, Semple shifts perspective from a lovely upper class sitting room overlooking bucolic Central Park to a criminal enterprise redolent with upper class style and heretofore assured expectations. You shan’t hear more about “Go Gentle” from me. I insist, though, in recommending this exquisitely written and mysteriously plotted triumph of a novel, you will likely swoon over Semple’s exquisite sentences and stare off in the distance after reading near perfect phrasing. Cowboy up for this one; don’t let it escape. And get your 15% “Murder Ink” discount at Maria’s Bookshop while keeping your hometown and a great bookstore healthy. ■
Stuff to Do
Thursday04
Gangha Fest, 2-10 p.m., Tico Time Resort, Aztec
Commissioner Chat with Matt Salka, 4-6 p.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive
Chuck Hank plays Ska-B-Q, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Durango Corgi Crawl, 5-7 p.m., Buckley Park
“Proper Backpacking Equipment for the Outdoors,” presented by Durango Open Space Ranger Tosh Black, 5:30-6:45 p.m., Durango Rec Center, 2700 Main Ave.
Dart Tournament, 5:30-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Jeff Solon Jazz plays, 6 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Andrew Schuhmann plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Adam Swanson plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
Eli Emmitt plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th St. Station,1101 Main Ave.
Powerhouse Trivia Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino Del Rio
Latin Dance Night with Brent Lilley and DJ Pumami, 6:30-9 p.m., Rooftop Lounge at River’s Edge, 1521 Main Ave.
Stand Up Comedy, 7-8:30 p.m., Black Heron Lounge, 736 Main Ave.
Open Mic Night, 7-10 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
Friday05
Gangha Fest, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Tico Time Resort, Aztec
Veterans Friday Coffee, 8-10:30 a.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
Leadership Circle, 9-10 a.m., The Center for Innovation, 835 Main Ave., Ste. 225
San Juan Nature Hike, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Andrews Lake upper parking lot
First Friday Art Walk, 4-7 p.m., various locations, downtown Durango
Start of Summer (SOS) Party, 4:30-7 p.m., ArtRoom Collective at The Smiley, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
First Friday Open House with Southern Ute artist Norman Lansing and music by Crooked Measures, 4:30-7 p.m., TohAtin Gallery, 145 W. 9th St.
First Friday with artist Dale Terbush, 5-7 p.m., Blue Rain Gallery, 934 Main Ave.
First Friday featuring Amy Kucharik’s Uke Slinging, 5-7 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave.
Howdoyoudood, artist showcase and opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Subterrain & Durango Winery, 900 Main Ave.
Heather Delaney “Dark Skies Durango,” opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Recess Gallery at Studio &, 1027 Main Ave.
“Figures & Durango Street Scenes” original drawings & paintings by John Grow, opening reception, 5-8 p.m., Durango Creative District Gallery, 1135 Main Ave.
Adam Swanson plays, 5:30-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
“Sound of Paint: Where Paintings Sing and Music Listens,” augmented-reality exhibition by Tad Smith, opening reception, 6-8 p.m., The Light Box at Stillwater Music, 1316 Main Ave., Ste. C
The Great Divide plays Friday Nights at Fox Fire, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery, 5513 CR 321, Ignacio
120th Anniversary Celebration of Mesa Verde National Park, 6-9 p.m., EsoTerra Arboretum, 270 CR 303
3 Way Street plays, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Dustin Burley plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
The Original Vypers play, 7-10 p.m., 11th St. Station,1101 Main Ave.
Saturday06
Gangha Fest, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Tico Time Resort, Aztec
Steamworks Half Marathon, 7:30 a.m., Baker’s Bridge to the Durango Fitness Club
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 noon, TBK Parking Lot, 259 W. 9th St.
Frosty’s Flea Market, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Bayfield High School parking lot, 800 CR 501
Durango Summer Arts & Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
Dolores River Fest, featuring live music, food, beer and more, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Joe Rowell Park, 101 Railroad Ave., Dolores
Open Mic Poetry in the Garden, 12 noon-1:30 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St.
Pete Giuliani Band plays, 5-7 p.m., Prospector Restaurant at The Glacier Club
Nina Sasaki & Dan Carlson play, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Lola’s Place 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Disco Roller Skating, 6-8 p.m., Chapman Hill
Adam Swanson Ragtime plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Matt Rupnow plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Karaoke with Kimmy, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
Yes, No, Maybe plays, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
The San Juanderer plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Rough Stock Challenge, 7 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
Sunday07
Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
Gangha Fest, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Tico Time Resort, Aztec
Veterans Benefit Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave.
Durango Summer Arts & Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
Sunday Record Brunch Club, 12 noon-3 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Irish Jam, 12 noon-3 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
The Powerhouse’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, 3-7 p.m., 1333 Camino del Rio
Durango Cowboy Gathering 12th Annual Barn Dance, Picnic & Silent Auction, 5-8 p.m., River Bend Ranch, 27846 HWY 550 N.
Matt Lewis plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Blue Moon Ramblers play, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
AskRachel River Rats, coffee snobs and a galaxy far, far away
Interesting fact: “The Mandalorian and Grogu” suffered a Star Wars-low domestic debut weekend, despite giving us more of the exact same things we can watch on Instagram for free.
Dear Rachel,
Like most residents, we moved to Durango to bike, hike, camp, fish, ski, kayak and climb. So why do HOAs require residents to hide the very gear needed to enjoy all those activities? Apparently, it’s fine to spend a small fortune living here because of the outdoors, but campers, boats and trailers must be tucked away where neighbors won’t be exposed to the shocking sight. Is it just me, or is it odd that in one of the most outdoor-oriented towns in America, we have to hide the evidence that we participate in outdoor life?
– Under Wraps
Dear Tarped Up,
Dude, HOAs are like the parents who want us to grow up respectable but won’t stay out of our business. It’s like: I was going to cover up my tattoos when I got a real job, obviously, but as soon as my mother told me I’d have to cover them up, I went and started writing for the paper instead of getting health benefits. The HOA just wants you to square up
Monday08
Climate Support Group, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Meditation and Dharma Talk, 5:30 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave, Ste. 109 or www.durangodharmacenter.org
Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Terry Rickard plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Darryl Kuntz plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Tuesday09
Economic Alliance Meeting, 8:30 a.m., FLC Center for Innovation, 835 Main Ave., Ste. 225
Cowboy Tuesdays, 12 noon-3 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Be Local Bash, 4:30-6:30 p.m., The Rochester Hotel, 726 E. 2nd Ave.
and stop being a river rat. They suck! Then again, they probably keep some river rats out of the neighborhood. Maybe it’s a wash.
– Heading outside, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
I’ve turned into a walking version of those lame-joke coffee mugs. Coffee is becoming my personality. I go to bed smiling that I get to wake up to coffee, you better not talk to me before my second cup, and I’m making coffee commentary at work. I need to cut back on the identity crisis but not the caffeine. Help? (And don’t you dare suggest tea.)
– Coffee Anon
Dear Buzzed Lightyear,
Let’s do a quick check. Have you ever joked about mainlining coffee into your bloodstream? Could all your coworkers pick your favorite mug out of a lineup? Have you ever once told someone that the way they enjoy their coffee is inferior? If so, the rest of us might be entitled to compensation. Put booze in your cup so you stop wanting to draw attention to it. Get sullen and angry like everyone else. Or, just screw what the rest of us think and drink what makes you happy. – Top me off, Rachel
ride, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Twin Buttes Trailhead parking lot
Alison Dance Jazz, 5:30-8 p.m., James Ranch, 33846 HWY 550
Rotary Club of Durango, Roger Ptolemy discusses his trip to Bali and Indonesia, 6-7 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
Author Event & Book Signing: Pete McBride “Witness to Water,” 6-8 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Tuesday Trivia, 6-8:30 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Darryl Kuntz plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Randy Crumbaugh plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Adult Roller Skating, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Chapman Hill
Outdoor Movie Night: “Zootopia 2,” 8:30 p.m., Three Springs Plaza, 175 Mercado St.
Wednesday10
Wild New Way Women’s Collective: Monthly Open Gathering, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Durango Collective, 1315 Main Ave.
Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com
Dear Rachel,
I just found out there’s a new Star Wars movie, and it’s been out a couple weeks. Remember when a new Star Wars was a big deal, like a lunar landing,or the Super Bowl? Now we can miss one entirely (and not miss anything much, by the sound of it). Have we gotten oversaturated by good things? Too overwhelmed by bad things? Or am I just old? – Forced Out
Dear Rebel Sympathizer, Star Wars got HOA’d, man. Think about it. That’s all I can say, and you know I’m right. – This ain’t the way, Rachel
Ukulele Night, 5-7 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave.
Ska Bingo Night, 5-7 p.m., DoubleTree Animas River Lounge, 501 Camino Del Rio
Purg Sports Group Ride, 5-7:30 p.m., Purgatory Sports downtown, 2615 Main Ave.
Money Talks personal finance gathering, 5:30-7 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave.
The Badly Bent plays Community Concert Series benefiting San Juan Citizens Alliance, 5:30-8 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino del Rio
Community Story Circle, story sharing with author and life coach Brooke Heller, 6-7:30 p.m., Fassbinder Park
Trivia Night, 6-8 p.m., Zia Cantina, 2977 Main Ave.
Darryl Kuntz plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Chuck Hank plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
True Western Roundup PRCA Rodeo, 6:30-9 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
The (Almost) Weekly Comedy Open Mic, 7-8 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
FreeWillAstrology
by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Many of you have a fraught relationship with discipline. You recognize you need it if you want a life rich with epic adventures. Yet you sometimes resist planning ahead or organizing your resources, fearing it might dampen your immediate pleasures. The problem is that when you skip the planning and organizing, the short-term fun you default to may turn out to be unsatisfying. That’s the challenging news. The encouraging news is that you’re now in a cycle when you can transform how you relate to discipline. I bet you can render some of those old patterns obsolete.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Gemologists evaluate opals less for flawless uniformity than for their mesmerizing play-of-color. They study how light interacts with a stone’s microscopic internal structure to produce vivid, shifting hues. The most prized opals aren’t necessarily the most perfect in shape, but the ones whose internal pattern and rainbow-like displays are most vibrant, varied and alive. This is a marvelous metaphor for you in the coming weeks. I hope you don’t obsess on consistency or smooth away your complications. Let the world see your play-of-color.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Dear Oracle: Why do we always have to start at the beginning? I’d much prefer just jumping into the middle of things. Right now, I would love to bypass all the tedious baby steps I’m being forced to take as I try to get some momentum going. Please slip me a few clues about how to fast-forward directly to the fun stuff. – Bored with the Groundwork.” Dear Bored: Your timing is perfect. The planetary omens say you are now authorized to vault over the preludes and prologues and dive right into the heart of the action.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Restoration ecologists work to revive damaged prairies. They’ve discovered that seeds of many native plants can lie dormant in the soil for years, waiting for the right conditions to germinate. If they remove invasive species and restore the land’s natural cycle of controlled fire, wildflowers long absent from the landscape spring back to life. With this metaphor in mind, consider what dormant possibilities may lie buried in your own psyche. What seeds did you plant long ago and then forget? What dreams or talents are waiting for you to clear away the choking overgrowth and create space for them to emerge? Old potentials may be patient, not dead.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Better than any other sign, you understand that ego and generosity can be collaborators rather than enemies. Your charismatic radiance is often a public service. When you express your interesting beauty, you give others permission to tap into their own luminosity. The world always craves your unique flavor of audacious joy, especially now. The rest of us need your intense insistence that flair and flamboyance are forms of resistance against the forces that would diminish life’s splendor.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many people struggle with what could be called “imagined ugliness,” a condition clinicians refer to as body dysmorphic disorder. It usually involves fixating on a supposed physical defect, or even on a flaw that exists only in one’s mind. I suspect that almost everyone carries a trace of this tendency, including you and me. The good news, though, is that the current astrological climate is ideal for you to at least partially shatter its spell. You are poised to transform your self-image so vigorously that you begin to regard yourself as a flawless exemplar of quirky, one-of-a-kind beauty.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Golden Gate Bridge, which is a few miles from my home, has to be painted continuously. Painters start at one end, work their way across, and by the time they reach the other side, it’s time to start over. The job is never finished; maintenance is the permanent condition. Some people find this depressing, but I find it oddly liberating. It means the bridge doesn’t have to achieve some final, perfect state. It just has to be tended. Similarly, you don’t have to fix everything once and for all, Libra. The relationships, projects and internal states you’re concerned about aren’t meant to reach completion. You shouldn’t worry about trying to finish what’s meant to be an ongoing practice. Just keep starting the cycle again.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Innovative theater director Viola Spolin was a Scorpio. She taught that the best scenes emerge when the actors avoid trying to control outcomes. Instead, they fully commit to the reality they’re creating together. Spontaneous responses are their gold standard. Let’s make this a keynote for you in the coming weeks. Your assignment is to give yourself heartily to improvisation. The most interesting magic will happen as you relax into the collaborative process, trusting it to guide you toward beauty and meanings none of you could have scripted alone.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A person with “perfect pitch” can sing or identify a specific note without hearing any other music beforehand. “Relative pitch,” on the other hand, is the ability to recognize musical notes in relation to others. In coming weeks, relative pitch will be a more useful metaphor for you. Don’t insist on perfect clarity about what’s right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, worthy and unworthy. Instead, practice relational discernment. How does this choice feel compared to that one? How does a person behave in this context versus another? For you right now, truth lives in the intervals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The best way to eliminate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. Start by choosing a specific habit that drains your energy, time or selfrespect. Then identify what that habit is secretly trying to give you, like comfort, distraction or a sense of control. Your mission is to find a healthier behavior that offers a similar payoff. For example, instead of binge-scrolling through bad news because you imagine it soothes your anxiety, read an uplifting book or listen to serene music. Be concrete: When the itchy habit hits, what will you do as an alternative?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1905, 26-year-old Albert Einstein worked as a clerk in a Swiss patent office. During his off-hours, he wrote four audacious papers that changed how physics understood space, time, light and matter. He accomplished this without the sponsorship of a renowned university or laboratory. His example suggests that we can perhaps re-imagine and recreate the world even if we’re not supported by glamorous circumstances. I suspect this applies to you these days. Breakthrough insights and earth-shaking realizations may arrive while you’re doing ordinary tasks. Be alert for the flashes that arise in seemingly routine and modest situations.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For linguists, “untranslatable” words are concepts that exist in one language but have no equivalent in others. One example is mono no aware, which in Japanese refers to the tender poignance and appreciation you feel in the presence of fleeting beauty, like cherry blossoms falling. I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that you, too, are untranslatable right now. My advice is to forget about trying to get others to grasp what’s going on with you. Here’s a suggestion that might help: Find soulful artists and emotionally intelligent creatives who speak the language of your mystery.
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