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Songs to resist by
Worst landlord ever
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Three punk anthems for the soundtrack of our times p4
BLM running amok with logging plans, rollbacks p5
Upcycling throwaway culture for ‘next gen’ design p8
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A millennial’s timeline of punk anthems that keep hope alive
4 Sign of the Downfall
4 La Vida Local
Resistance songs
Country time
by Kirbie Bennett
4 Thumbin’ It
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5 Writers on the Range 6 Soap Box
The worst landlord
BLM plan for Oregon would quadruple logging, scrap protections
8 Local News
by Pepper Trail / Writers on the Range
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10-11 Stuff to Do
An answer to throwaway culture, from apple leather to upcycled bike tires
13 Free Will Astrology
12 Ask Rachel
Goods for good by Missy Votel
15 Classifieds
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15 Haiku Movie Review
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On the cover The Green River twists its way through Labyrinth Canyon in southeast Utah, beckoning spring breakers and desert rats./ Photo by Andy High
Rachel offers real world advice on caps, cars and couch-lifting kin
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Grand Junction’s loss is Aztec’s gain. Last week, Tico Time announced that in addition to its regular slate of concert and festivals, it will also be hosting a country music festival, which will take place at the nearby venue June 26–28. The decision came in response to the cancellation of Grand Junction’s long-running Country Jam festival. Robert Holmes, owner of Tico Time, said the idea came together quickly after news spread that the popular western Colorado festival would not be happening this year. “When we heard Country Jam wasn’t going to happen in 2026, we realized there would be a lot of country music fans and artists without a place to gather,” Holmes said. Situated along the Animas River about 40 miles south of Durango, Tico Time has become an emerging music destination in the Four Corners, hosting multiple events each year that bring together music, camping, art and recreation along the riverside property near the Colorado–New Mexico border. The new festival comes at a time when many music festivals across the country are facing increasing challenges, Holmes said. Rising costs for artists, staging and production have led to a number of festivals canceling or pausing operations in recent years. Tico Time organizers say early excitement has been strong as soon as the lineup was released with many major national touring artists (for a list, please go to ticotimecoun try.com) Holmes added that all festivals are fundraisers for his nonprofit Pura Vida for Good, which funds substance abuse recovery efforts in the area. Holmes himself has been in recovery for 23 years.
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LaVidaLocal War and peace in three songs As a millennial, am I doomed to spend my life witnessing this bully of a country bomb the Middle East for oil? Since life during wartime is a recurring nightmare, here is a timeline of three songs that have kept my anti-imperialist heart beating over the years. • 2003: God has found me. I mean, “God Deciding” by Hot Water Music has found me. As soon as I press play, the whole band comes storming in through the speakers. For a few measures, drum cymbals crash and guitar notes ring out, like this is the only song anyone needs to hear. Then a suspenseful guitar riff lingers in the mix while co-vocalist Chuck Ragan belts out the lyrics, “Transgressions are made/ while cowards convey with a demon’s ear, fixed and set to slay.” It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly Hot Water Music recorded this track, but it was released on an EP in early 2002. I imagine the band tracked it not long after news footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in NYC, followed by news footage of U.S. bomber jets retaliating by striking Afghanistan. There’s an urgency in the song’s anguished plea for peace. There’s a tragic timelessness to its anti-war rage. At this point in my life, between high school homework and reruns of “The Simpsons,” I’m trying to make sense of a reality now marked by terrorism, heavily enforced patriotism and government surveillance. I get the impression that the war in the air won’t go away. Maybe it’s been there all this time. During the song’s outro, the band sounds like they’re burning down the recording studio. Octave chords are cutting through. The drums keep pummeling away. With his gruff voice, Ragan keeps posing questions to the chickenhawks and war profiteers: “Who will die next in line for the lie/ Justified for the rise of sitting high playing ‘God Deciding?’/ And who will walk away from the rage and revenge?/ Inhuman consequence comes in time.” The EP was released in January 2002, not long before George W. Bush would deliver his State of the Union speech calling Iraq, Iran and North Korea an “axis of evil.” Over a year later, the Bush administration would begin its invasion of Iraq. Around that time, this song came into my life. I find comfort in the band’s righteous rage while composing something intricate and thrashing.
Every time I play the song, I hope it’s purifying all the war in the air. • 2004: For me, “One Beat” by Sleater-Kinney ranks high on the list of best album openers. The track is from their 2002 album of the same name, which was a response to the Bush administration’s “war on terror.” The album’s title calls attention to the post-9/11 silencing of dissent as war fever took hold of the country. On the title track, the intricate drumming always pulls me in. Then the guitar riffs come in. They’re simple and repetitive, yet when layered with the propulsive drums and the pre-chorus vocal harmonies, “One Beat” conjures up something mesmerizing. Co-vocalist Corine Tucker sings in a measured wail, like she knows how to weaponize her voice against all the injustice in the world. The song is from the POV of fusion energy; they’re watching empires murder for oil. In the second verse, Tucker sings: “If you think like Thomas Edison/ could you invent a world for me?/ Now all that’s on the surface/ Are bloody arms and oil fields.” After the re-election of George Bush in 2004, it felt like there would be no end to war and hatred. But I found solace in Sleater-Kinney’s music – their massive drums and guitars blare like sirens shaking heaven. • 2008-Present: “Little Brother” by Dead to Me. The song opens with a burst of distortion; the chords and riffs let you know this is punk rock before easing into reggae/ska, and it all sounds like something The Clash would’ve written decades ago. “Little Brother” is written from the perspective of an older sibling trying to reassure a younger sibling who’s disillusioned with everything. One recurring line goes: “My little brother is getting into trouble/ He’s so overwhelmed with the world sometimes.” Nowadays, we’re just in a perpetual state of war. The bombing campaigns and drone strikes just hum in the background of our lives. The song “Little Brother” confronts the prevailing order’s addiction to violence to the point where it becomes so normalized in the atmosphere. Yet the older brother in the song refuses resignation to this reality. In a build-up to the outro, the band does a call-and-response. The bassist sings, “What’s with the air in this war we breathe?” The lead guitarist responds by shouting, “SO BREATHE!” followed by a wave of vocal harmonies to close out the song. It’s subtle and my description doesn’t do it justice but I keep living in that small moment and I take a breath and keep moving forward. – Kirbie Bennett
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The alleged suspect in last week’s triple homicide in Utah was caught in Pagosa Springs, thanks, in part, to the use of license plate readers. We’re glad this guy is not roaming around out there (but we still think Flock is creepy.)
An apparent drunk driver took out the bicycle sculpture at the Chapman Hill roundabout last weekend. Now what are we going to dress up for holidays and Snowdown?
Once thought lost to the annals of local history, Tyrone the dinosaur head of “Arc of History” fame (or should we say shame?) has resurfaced at the Durango Herald, where it will lie in state for public viewing – at least until the next caper or hijinks.
The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran is being compounded by an environmental crisis, with tanks of diesel and “mazut,” a low-grade crude, spewing toxic black smoke and gasses over the country.
Relief for hard-working local parents of young kids, with the scheduled opening of the Powerhouse’s child care/learning center next fall. Even better, tuition will be on a sliding scale.
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A social media “Bible influencer” (and Florida woman, we might add) was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted murder for firing several rounds at Rihanna’s house on Sunday. B**** better have some money to lawyer up.
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Queer Muffs Ian Miles Choeng, an openly homosexual MAGA influencer, took to Twitter late last month to warn everyone that headphones make people gay. He based his oddly selfpathologizing rhetoric on a recent study out of the Netherlands that examined the toxic chemicals found in popular headphone brands, and on the Alex Jones conspiracy theory claiming that endocrine-disrupting chemicals are responsible for America’s booming LGBTQ community. The study Ian cited didn’t say anything about gayness, and there’s zero correlation between chemicals and homosexuality, but still, true to form, tons of straight men responded to gay Ian’s post asking which headphone brands are safe from queer-chemical contamination. But really, it doesn’t matter, because what Ian’s followers really need are ear plugs.
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A clearcut case BLM is running amok with environmental rollbacks, logging plans by Pepper Trail
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magine the worst landlord you ever had. Then, make it worse. The landlord sells off the wood floor in your dining room, turns a herd of cattle loose on your front lawn and digs up your back yard looking for oil. Now, say hello to Trump’s Bureau of Land Management. The BLM is America’s biggest landlord, responsible for more than 245 million acres of our public lands. That’s more than 10% of the total land in the United States, which means that the management policies of the BLM have enormous impacts, especially in the West where it is by far the largest landowner. The agency’s website proclaims: “The Bureau of Land Management’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.” The BLM’s track record at living up to that mission is debatable at best, given the agency’s long accommodation of ranching, timber and fossil fuel interests. What’s not debatable is that under this administration, the BLM intends to go hog-wild on resource extraction. There is no example of this more extreme than the BLM’s proposal to revise the Resource Management Plans for Western Oregon BLM Lands. These plans cover management of some of the most diverse and ecologically significant conifer forests in the world, vital for providing clean water, carbon sequestration and essential habitat for endangered species including northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets and coho salmon. Their irreplaceable importance was acknowledged in 1995’s Northwest Forest Plan, which covered both BLM and Forest Service lands in the range of the northern spotted owl. That Forest Plan established a network
Clearcut in Oregon’s Cascadia Forest. On Feb. 19, the BLM released its proposed Resource Management Plan, which would open nearly 2 million acres in Western Oregon to clearcutting with no protections for remaining old growth./ Photo courtesy KS Wild_George Sexton of Late Successional Reserves protected from logging, included an Aquatic Conservation Strategy to protect key watersheds, and mandated a Survey and Manage program to provide the data needed for stewardship of at-risk species. The BLM never fully committed to these strong conservation protections, and the agency effectively withdrew its lands from the Forest Plan in its 2016 Western Oregon Plan Revision. Since then, it has repeatedly failed to live up to its own weakened standards. Now, it has decided that even those are too restrictive. On Feb. 19, the agency released its proposed Resource Management Plan. It
would open nearly 2 million acres to clearcutting with no protections for remaining old growth. It would eliminate Late Successional Reserves and would further reduce 2016’s weakened riparian protections. It would open all currently designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern for re-evaluation, potentially eliminating the designations and opening them up for logging. And the bottom-line goal? To quadruple the logging volume on Western Oregon BLM forests, returning these public lands to the “robust” levels of the 1960s and 1970s. Those days of rampant and unsustainable clear-cutting led directly to the public outcry against the
destruction of the Pacific Northwest’s ancient forests, and to the necessity for the Northwest Forest Plan. Now the BLM wants to turn back the clock as if that destruction never happened. If the landlords of a big apartment building were proposing something radical – say, the demolition of the top 10 floors – they would certainly call a public meeting, right? They’d provide ample time for tenants to make their voices heard, right? Not if the landlord is the Bureau of Land Management. The Federal Register notice specifies a mere 30 days for public comments on this radical proposal: All must be received by March 23 and can only be provided digitally or by mail. There will be no public meetings. We, the people, to whom these forests belong, will be given no opportunity to look officials in the eye and demand that they provide scientific or legal justification for this wholesale abandonment of responsible forest management. These magnificent forests are not fiber farms. They do not belong to the Bureau of Land Management, or to the logging companies waiting to move in and reap quick profits. They are held in trust for the American people. The BLM’s proposed new plan would destroy these forests and that trust. Still, we can act. The following are the only available ways to comment on the proposed Resource Management Plan: • BLM’s website: eplanning.blm.gov, Project Number DOI-BLM-ORWA-00002026-0001-RMP-EIS. • Via email: BLM_OR_Revision_Scoping@blm.gov. • Snail mail: Attention BLM OR930: 1220 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204. Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He is a writer and ecologist in Oregon. ■
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SoapBox Hold on a minute … “Feasibility Study” Whitewater surf wave? Squeaky wheels for another project Let’s grease what we have That is the 17 syllable Haiku version, here is the elaboration: Many of Durango’s amenities and projects have been initiated and supported by citizen and nonprofit groups: the BMX track, skate park, pickleball courts, tree planting, memorial benches, community gardens and now a proposed surf wave on the Animas River. Before another feature is added to the river corridor, I would like to see that what is already in place is amended and maintained. I was on the Parks and Recreation Board in the early 2000s and was the liaison to the Animas River Task Force from approximately 2003-10. I helped craft the wording on the current “Welcome River Users” signs. The Animas River Corridor Management Plan was adopted in February 2013, and as I reviewed it recently, few of its recreation goals have been met. The existing conditions from 13 years ago still prevail or have worsened.
D-Tooned/by Rob Pudim The only truly accessible river access is at Oxbow Park. The 33rd street put in requires clambering over and down large boulders, the parking impacts the neighborhood and the bathrooms are marginal to accommodate the number of private and commercial users. The 29th Street access has the same inadequacies and is also eroded. Ninth Street doesn’t even offer restrooms (they are at the pickleball courts). The “ramp” to load/unload is very steep. Cundiff Park is a muddy parking lot that also requires hauling gear over boulders and across the River Trail to access a narrow path to the river. The High Bridge access is very steep and rutted. Vehicles will opt to drive on the paved river trail. At Dallabetta Park, it is the same: steep and eroded. All these current conditions are almost identical to the concerns outlined in the 2013 Management Plan. The city put these access points on a map, created a document involving a lot of time (more than 10 years) and expense, involving many community members and consultants, and it has not followed through with improvements or maintenance. The
current conditions degrade the river and water quality through increased runoff and siltation, add extra challenges, and compromise user safety. The lack of basic amenities (bike racks, changing and restrooms, trash and recycling containers) do little to encourage “good behavior” or
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provide for heavy use. The signs states “Welcome River Users,” but to be truly welcoming, the river access points need to be as accommodating as possible, environmentally sustainable and maintained for safety. – Karen Carver, Durango
DUI isn’t a mistake On the morning of March 9, Durango woke up to another reminder that driving under the influence isn’t just a statistic; it’s something that crashes into our community in very real ways. This time it happened in the roundabout where the “Endurance” sculpture once stood, an art piece made of bicycles that symbolized the spirit of our town. A vehicle driven by someone under the influence plowed into the sculpture, flipped on its side and destroyed the artwork. With two prior DUIs, the driver refused to exit the vehicle. One DUI is a bad decision; three is a pattern. “Endurance” represented values that define a mountain town where people ride bikes and rafts to work, ski before breakfast, and spend weekends exploring trails. Seeing it destroyed because someone decided to drink and drive is frustrating, but unfortunately, it’s not surprising. The truth is, DUI is still a cultural issue, not just a legal one. For decades, we have watched society change behaviors when the risks become clear. Smoking used to be common everywhere, from restaurants to airplanes. Then the science came out, the public understood the consequences, and culture shifted. Today, lighting up in a crowded restau-
rant would be unthinkable. Yet somehow, in 2026, people still believe it’s acceptable to drink and drive. It’s baffling. The statistics are everywhere. The stories are heartbreaking. Families are shattered, lives are lost, and communities pay the price. And still, someone decides they’re fine to drive. Let’s be honest about who we are as a community. People have joked that we’re a drinking town with a skiing problem or a skiing town with a drinking problem, but alcohol has always been part of Durango’s culture. There’s nothing inherently wrong with enjoying a beer after a ride or celebrating with friends after a day on the mountain. What’s wrong is getting behind the wheel afterward. In a town with rideshare services, taxis, designated drivers and friends who will gladly pick you up, there is simply no excuse anymore. I often hear people say DUI is a mistake. But mistakes happen when you forget your wallet. Choosing to drink and drive is not a mistake; it’s a decision. And like any decision, it has consequences. Which raises a question worth asking: why are those consequences still so lenient? When someone receives multiple DUI convictions, at what point do we say enough is enough? In many
places around the country, repeat offenders face vehicle forfeiture or significant jail time. Why not in Colorado? If someone repeatedly demonstrates they cannot safely operate a vehicle, maybe the conversation should shift from fines to removing the vehicle itself. After all, a car in the hands of an impaired driver becomes a 2-ton weapon. We have laws, enforcement and public education campaigns. Our officers will continue to make DUI arrests and take impaired drivers to jail. But enforcement alone cannot solve what is ultimately a cultural problem. Culture changes when communities decide something is no longer acceptable. We’ve done it before. We did it with smoking. We did it with seatbelts. It’s time to do it with DUI. Durango deserves better than waking up to another destroyed landmark, or worse, another lost life, because someone thought they could make it home after one too many. – Durango Police Chief Brice Current
A big whiff of hypocrisy Who better than Donald Trump to lead the Christian Nationalist sector of MAGA bent on religionating our government? Who better to infuse our govern-
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ment with a sense of Christian values than the man who refused to put his hand on the Bible when being sworn into office, taking an oath to defend our Constitution, an oath he breaks daily? Who better to espouse Christian ethics of tolerance, charity and non-retribution? Who better to carry the banner of “Love Thy Neighbor” than the man who unleashed ICE and CBP on men, women and children and was OK with murdering people he has an obligation to protect? Makes perfect sense to me only if someone could explain the double standard here. Get the guy who is mentioned countless times in the Epstein files, get him to be your moral standard bearer. Anybody catch a whiff of hypocrisy? Where in the Bible does it say, “Blessed are the chaos creators, for they shall make righteousness profane?” Must say it somewhere, because that is what the Religious Right embraces with Trump. The concerns and observations raised here are based on the idea that there still are rational ways of dealing what is happening to our country. But, what is happening is not rational and never will be. And travesties are travesties, no matter how many divine necklaces people hang on them as camouflage. – Josh Joswick, Bayfield
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Owner Claire Attkisson inside Durango Sustainable Goods, which just celebrated a year at its space at 7th and Main. She shares the space with Emily Schmidt, who owns Revival Goods, a store focused on fair-trade items./ Photo by Missy Votel
Beyond guilt & granola Durango Sustainable Goods rejects shame and stereotypes in favor of lasting, closed-loop design by Missy Votel
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n a world of throw-away goods, one Durango shop owner is working to turn that paradigm around. “It’s about supporting a sustainable material revolution,” Claire Attkisson, owner of Durango Sustainable Goods, said at the Main Avenue store recently. “That's the passion that I have; it's the focus. It's how I think in terms of the products that we bring in. It's really helping people to think newly about how we make everything,” Attkisson has owned the store for four years – a year at its current location on the corner of 7th and Main. She said everything in the store, from reusable Q-tips to tote bags made of apple leather (more on that in a second) is made from upcycled or regenerative, aka “nextgen,” materials. She throws out a staggering statistic: 30% of our carbon output comes from the production of goods through the product's lifecycle, from raw material extraction to production, transport, usage and final disposal. “It’s just looking at a closed-loop system, where we are not just throwing our clothes away, but we're actually seeing them as the material for something else,” she said. “It's switching from a linear extraction model
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Even the sign, made of moss by local artist/store employee Caroline Golarz, is biodegradable.
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– creating something beautiful, and it goes in the dump – to turning it more into a circular economy.” Attkisson, who moved to Durango about 20 years ago and is originally from the Bay Area, became interested in the environmental movement in her 20s and went on to get an MBA in sustainable business from Pinchot University in Seattle. She said, like many, one of the big influences in getting involved in environmental movement was pioneering activist Rachel Carson and her watershed 1962 book, “Silent Spring,” about species die-offs due to pollution and habitat loss. “There's a huge connection back to, obviously, Rachel Carson and understanding the pollution aspect of killing species,” Attkisson said. “But my lens is really more about, ‘How do we also understand the interconnections of what is causing us to cut down the forests in the first place? And who's making all the money doing that?’ And, you know, it's goods and services. So, there's this tension between jobs and the environment – it's a dichotomy.” Admittedly, that is heavy stuff for your average shopper, who, say, is just looking for a cute sweater or purse. Which is exactly where Attkisson comes in. She said the goal of her store is not to “shop shame” people
into feeling guilty about buying goods – after all, we all need toothbrushes and shoes. And the people making and selling the toothbrushes and shoes need jobs. Rather, it’s to show people the possibilities, and that consumption can be done in a way that’s easier on the Earth. “I've started thinking about how do we look beyond that dichotomy?” she said. “We all need jobs. We need goods and services – exchange of goods and services is part of human life and nature. The evil is not necessarily buying goods. It’s the system, and it's what they're made of. I love to think about how do we not feel so guilty?” Which is where something like the apple leather tote bag comes in. Attkisson said many so-called vegan leathers are made from petroleum, plastic and other toxic, non-renewable materials. However, apple leather – made from the waste that comes from juicing apples – is not only biodegradable but comes from a raw material that otherwise would go to waste. And while it still contains a polyurethan amalgam to hold its shape, she said it is much less than a typical vegan leather purse, say 10% compared to 90%. “So we've at least begun to flip the numbers,” she said. Another thing she is working to flip is the idea that sustainable, earth-friendly equates to, well, ugly (think Earth Shoes of the ’70s, which the kids are probably making cool again) or low-quality. In the last few decades, Attkisson said strides have been made to make sustainable products that not only pass the test of time, but are actually stylish. In fact, she got her start when friends would admire an item of hers and ask her to order one for them. Eventually, she was selling things from her former office in the Smiley Building (where she also rented e-bikes) and
ultimately, opened a storefront in the 1200 block of Main, next to the Durango Herald’s building. She moved into the space at 680 Main, formerly home to the late local artist Kayrn Gabaldon’s gallery (RIP.) “We feel extremely honored to be here. We were asked by her husband, Jeff Solon, to take over the lease. He said he felt like Karyn would have wanted a woman and a woman entrepreneur who cares about beautiful things,” she said. To the end, the space – which she shares with Emily Schmidt, owner of Revival Goods, which specializes in fair-trade sustainable goods – is filled with artfully displayed options for even the most fashion-conscious shopper, from alpaca sweaters to jackets made of recycled wool to recycled Levi’s. There are even jewelry and skincare products from more than 18 local artists and makers. “When people think about eco-friendly products or eco-friendly clothing, you know, not to poo-poo it, but there’s sort of a stereotype that it's not as good quality, or you look like a hippie,” Attkisson, who was sporting a sustainably made jacket from the store, said. “People want style, too. And why can't we have style and have something that is actually biodegradable?” And the goods news is, the field is only growing. New uses and materials, from cactus, tomato and cork leather to old bicycle tires and chip bags, are coming out all the time. And, as these items become more mainstream and demand grows, price has come more into reach for buyers. “I wanted to open a shop like this 10 years ago, and everything was still so expensive. And I was like, I just don't want to do it,” Attkisson said. “The prices have gone down as these companies have actually figured out
The bag that started it all: a tote partly made of recycled apple skins by Samara. how to have a better kind of scale in manufacturing.” Mostly, though, Attkisson said her goal is to get people thinking outside the plastic box (and to the end, you will not find anything made of rayon or polyester in the store.) “This concept of the full, closed-loop circular textile and second hand, it’s nothing new and novel,” she said. “It's building a new way of thinking about design. It's understanding that we when we think of something as garbage, it’s still a material that we can use. I see the shop as sort of this little museum of what's possible.”■
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Thursday12 Durango Bach Festival Lunch Concert, presented by the San Juan Symphony, 12 noon, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 E. 3rd Ave. Spanish Conversation Hour, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Sunnyside Library, 75 CR 218 Dart Tournament, 5:30-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Submit items for “Stuff to Do” by Monday at noon to: calendar@durangotelegraph.com
Ben Gibson plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Songwriter Night, 8-10 p.m., The iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave., #207
Joel Racheff plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
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Tuesday17
The Good Death Seminar Series, 10:30 a.m.12 noon, Pine River Library Community Room, 395 Bayfield Center, Bayfield
Cowboy Tuesdays, 12 noon-3 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Architects of Preservation: The Women Behind Mesa Verde and the Antiquities Act, 1-2 p.m., Animas Museum, 3065 W. 2nd Ave.
Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
“Find Your Lucky Match,” Parker’s Animal Rescue Dog Adoption Event, 3-5 p.m., Creature Comforts, 305 S. Camino del Rio
Andrew Schuhmann plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Adam Swanson plays, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic Night, 6-9 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
Matt Rupnow plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Fresh Bits Comedy Open Mic, 6:30-9 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave.
Karaoke with Kimmy, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
DJ Brownie (Disco Biscuits) & Friends with Adam Deitch (Lettuce/Break Science), 7 p.m. doors, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Durango Bach Festival Finale Concert, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 E. 3rd Ave.
Matt the Electrician presented by The Hall’s Backstage Pass Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at FLC
Friday13 BID Coffee & Conversation, 8:30-9:30 a.m., TBK Bank Community Room, 259 W. 9th St. Friends of the Library book sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Tom Ward’s Downfall plays traditional Irish music, 7 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave. “What the River Knows” Glen Canyon Documentary, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. “Animal Soul” performs, 8 p.m., The iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave., #207
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Ska St. Patrick’s Day party with Patrick’s Crossing, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. The Kitchen Jam Band plays, 5-7 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave. 5RTU Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Berkshire Hathaway Office, 842 Main Ave. Rotary Club of Durango, “Rotary 101,” presented by Clyde and Paulette Church, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. “Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation” Potluck, 6-7:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave. Tuesday Trivia, 6-8:30 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave. Nathan Schmidt plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Randy Crumbaugh plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Barbershop Tryouts, every Tues., 6:30 p.m., Christ the King Church, 495 Florida Rd. Grieves “Out Cold Tour 4” with Blueprint and Benz Shelton, 7 p.m. doors, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Veterans Benefit Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave.
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Durango Bach Festival Lunch Concert, presented by the San Juan Symphony, 12 noon, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 E. 3rd Ave.
Irish Jam, 12 noon-3 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
Durango Daybreak Rotary Club with The Hive Executive Director Kelsie Borland, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
Friday Afternoon Club Market, 3-6 p.m., Breen Community Building, 15300 HWY 140
Blue Moon Ramblers play, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Ska Bingo Night, 5-7 p.m., Animas River Lounge at The DoubleTree, 501 Camino del Rio
Studio & 16-year Anniversary Party featuring music by 2-Bit Tom Kipp, 5-9 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.
Ben Gibson plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Word Honey free poetry workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., The Hive, 1175 Camino Del Rio
Dizgo & Yope, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Improv-a-Rama Comedy Night, 6-8 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
Larry Carver and High Altitude Blues play, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Dustin Burley plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Monday16 Sign Waving peaceful gathering, 4 p.m., corners of Camino del Rio and College Dr.
Chuck Hank plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
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A Night of Metal featuring Shu, OB Nixilis, Ritual Noise Abuse and Malum Mortuus, 6:30 p.m., The Swarm at The Hive, 1175 Camino Del Rio
Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Spanish Conversation Hour, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Sunnyside Library, 75 CR 218
Lower Left Improv Final Curtain Call, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Terry Rickard plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Dart Tournament, 5:30-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
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Gary Watkins plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Trey Parker’s “Cannibal! The Musical,” 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave.
Mental Health and Men Panel Discussion, 45:307 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Cult Movie Night featuring “Cry Baby,” 6 p.m. doors, Mancos Opera House, 136 Grand Ave., Mancos
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Ska Bingo Night, 5-7 p.m., Animas River Lounge at The DoubleTree, 501 Camino del Rio
Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave. Andrew Schuhmann plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Open Mic Night, 6-9 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave. Powerhouse Trivia Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Powerhouse,1333 Camino Del Rio
Friday20 BID Coffee & Conversation, 8:30-9:30 a.m., TBK Bank Community Room, 259 W. 9th St. Larry Carver plays, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. “Stories Over Stigma,” understanding substance abuse, sponsored by La Plata County Health Department, 6-7 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave. Dustin Burley plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. A Night of Rock ‘n’ Roll featuring The Jokers and The Strays, 6:30 p.m., The Swarm at The Hive, 1175 Camino Del Rio Trey Parker’s “Cannibal! The Musical,” 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave.
Saturday21 Hollywood Huckfest, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Purgatory Resort “Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine,” 9:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Veterans Benefit Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Irish Jam, 12 noon-3 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave. Trey Parker’s “Cannibal! The Musical,” 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave. Blue Moon Ramblers play, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Matt Lewis plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Monday23 Death Café, 4 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 online: 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. Joel Racheff plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Trey Parker’s “Cannibal! The Musical,” 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave.
Tuesday24 Cowboy Tuesdays, 12 noon-3 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Tuesday Trivia, 6-8:30 p.m., 11th St. Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Adam Swanson plays, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Jason Thies plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Euchre, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave
Sean O’Brien plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Matt Rupnow plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Barbershop Tryouts, every Tues., 6:30 p.m., Christ the King Church, 495 Florida Rd.
Durango Contra Dance, 7:30 p.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.
Chuck Hank plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Stand Up Comedy Local Showcase: “March Sadness... Because Sometimes Life Sucks,” 7-9 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave.
Ongoing Dementia/Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group, 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.-12 noon, La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Disability Art Show, thru April 3, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Sign Waving peaceful gathering, 4 p.m., corners of Camino del Rio and College Dr.
“Social Change Now,” workshop with Rev. Jamie Boyce of Durango UU Fellowship, 3-5 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Karaoke with Kimmy, 6-9 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
Word Honey free poetry workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., The Hive, 1175 Camino Del Rio
Upcoming Trey Parker’s “Cannibal! The Musical,” Thurs. – Sat., March 26-28, 7:30 p.m. & Sun., March 29, 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 801 E. 2nd Ave. “One Watershed: Many Voices” Southwestern Water Conservation District 42nd Annual Water Seminar, Fri., March 27, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sky Ute Casino Resort, 14324 Hwy 172, Ignacio Ska Summer Kickoff Party: Stop the Presses performs, 5-7 p.m., Fri., March 27, Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Durango Celtic Festival, March 27-28, Community Concert Hall at FLC Durango Choral Society Presents “Stream of Song,” Fri., March 27, 7-9 p.m., Summit Church, 2917 Aspen Dr. “The Old Man and The Old Moon Sets Sail,” 7:30 p.m. March 27-28 & April 2-4 p.m.; and 2 p.m. Sun., March 29, FLC Mainstage Theatre Parkbreezy & TF Marz perform, Fri., March 27, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. Spring in the Rockies Arts and Crafts Festival, Sat., March 28, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds Durango Choral Society Presents “Stream of Song,” Sat., March 28, 1 p.m., Summit Church, 2917 Aspen Dr.
Wednesday25 Durango Daybreak Rotary Club with 4CORE’s Erika Brown, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds
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Civic lids, robot road trips and heavy lifting Interesting fact: More than 25% of all moves take place within a single mile. But the beer required for a move is determined by weight, not distance. Dear Rachel, So, when do all our local politicians start sporting bright, bold DGO caps? I want to see them at every solemn event, from ribbon cuttings at new breweries right up to ribbon cuttings at new pot shops. This is clearly the new standard in civic respect, and any city council member wearing anything less clearly doesn’t love Durango like the rest of us do. Maybe they should start selling these caps in the visitor center so the rest of us can join in too. DGO! DGO! – Cap’n America Dear Ball Cap’n, There are so many things to consider here, especially when you think about how any politician, from City Council member right on up to the mayor, has to cultivate their image. Do you want your leaders to be tasteful or garish? Muted and well-considered, or loud and … well, loud? I think this idea only works if the ball cap is clearly mass produced, with no considerations for fit or fashion – or any considerations whatsoever. – Put a lid on it, Rachel
Dear Rachel, We don’t need self-driving cars in cities and towns. We really should have them, though, for long highway travel. I drive a lot for work, and yet driving is not my work. Every six or eight hours I’m on the road is time I could be spending doing better work, if only the car could do the driving for me. What do you say, Rachel? Should we get long-haul selfdriving cars? – Otto Pilot Dear Freewheelin’, Personally, I don’t want to be on the road with robots who are likely to sit right at 64 in a 65 with no legal passing lanes for miles. But I’m not you. I get carsick if I do anything but stare out the window. So I might as well pay attention to the road. But it’s true, not every task needs a human. This advice column? 100% human. The Herald’s Rachel column? Probably also 100% human, though I have no proof. – Busy busy, Rachel Dear Rachel, My brother-in-law just helped me move. I couldn’t have done it without his help. Couches don’t lift themselves. But now all he’s done for two weeks is complain about how sore he is and how many books I own. I treated
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Email Rachel at telegraph@durango telegraph.com him right, gave him beer, bought all his meals and paid for his gas. Am I missing something? – Relo-Kate Dear Rehomed, Beer, food, gas, eternal gratitude? You got it covered. Plus, he should have known the deal when he signed up to be a brother-in-law. There’s really only one more thing you could have done for him, if you didn’t. And I know this is big to presume, because maybe it should be a given. But … did you ever stop to think about giving him a DGO ball cap for his troubles? – Moving right along, Rachel
FreeWillAstrology / Week of March 12 by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In theater, “breaking the fourth wall” means acknowledging the audience. An actor steps out of the pretense that what’s happening on stage is real. It’s a disruptive moment of truth that can deepen the experience. I would love you to break the fourth wall in your own life, Aries. It’s a favorable time to slip free of any roles you’ve been performing by rote and just blurt out the more interesting truths. Tell someone, “This isn’t working for me.” Or say, “I need to be my pure self with greater authenticity.” Breaking the fourth wall won’t ruin the show; it will be more fun and real and entertaining. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): English speakers like me use the terms “destiny” and “fate” interchangeably. But a scholar of ancient Sumer claims they had different meanings in that culture. Nam, the word for “destiny,” was fixed and immutable. Namtar, meaning “fate,” could be manipulated, adjusted and even cheated. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I believe you now have a golden chance to veer off a path that leads to an uninteresting or unproductive destiny and start gliding along a fateful detour. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming months will be a favorable time for you to shed the fairy-tale story of success that once inspired you when you were younger and more idealistic. A riper vision is emerging, calling you toward a more realistic and satisfying version of your life’s purpose. The transformation may at first feel unsettling, but I believe it will ultimately awaken even deeper zeal and greater creativity than your original dream. Bonus: Your revised, more mature goals will lead you to the very rewards your youthful hopes imagined but never quite delivered. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Even if you’re not far from home, I bet you’re on a pilgrimage of some kind. The astrological omens tell me that you’re being drawn away from familiar ideas and feelings and are en route to an unknown country. You’re transforming, but you’re not sure how yet. During this phase of exploration, I suggest that you adopt a nickname that celebrates being on a quest. This will be a playful alias that helps you focus on the pregnant potential of this interlude. A few you might want to consider: Journey Seed, Threshold Traveler, Holy Rambler, Map-Edge Maverick or Wanderlust Wonderer. Others? Choose one that tickles you with the sense that you are being born again while you travel.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Love is more than a gentle glow in your heart or a pleasurable spark in your body. When fully awakened and activated, it becomes a revolutionary way of being in the world that invites you to challenge and rethink all you’ve been taught about reality. It’s a bold magic that alters everything it encounters. You can certainly choose a milder, tamer version of love if you wish. But if you’d like to evolve into a love maestro – as you very well could during the next 12 months – I suggest you give yourself to the deeper, wilder form. Do you dare? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Octopuses have neuron clusters in their arms that enable them to “think with their limbs.” Let’s make them your spirit creature for now, Virgo. Your body’s intuitions are offering you guidance that might even be as helpful as your fine mind. This enhanced somatic brilliance can serve you in practical ways: a creative breakthrough while doing housework, a challenging transition handled with aplomb, a fresh alignment between your feelings and ideas. I hope you will listen to your body as if it were a beloved mentor. Trust your movements and physical sensations to reveal what you need to know. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I love your diplomatic genius: the capacity to understand all sides, to hold space for contradictions, to find the middle ground. But right now it’s in danger of curdling into a kind of self-erasure where your own desires become the one thing you can’t quite locate. Another way to understand this: You are so skilled at seeing everyone’s perspective that you sometimes lose track of your own. Here’s the antidote I recommend: Practice the revolutionary act of having strong opinions, of preferring one thing over another without immediately undercutting your preference with a counter-argument. I guarantee that your relationships will survive your decisiveness. In fact, they will deepen as people locate the real you beneath your exquisite balance. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): New love cravings have been welling up inside you, Scorpio. These cries of the heart may confuse you even as they delight you and invigorate you. One of your main tasks is to listen closely to what they’re telling you, but to wait a while before expressing their messages to other people. You need to study them in detail before spilling them out. Another prime task is to feel patient awe and reverence for the immensity and intensity of these deep, wild desires.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are fulfilling your birthright as a Sagittarius, you are a philosopher-adventurer with a yearning for deep meaning. As you seek out interesting truths, your restless curiosity is a spiritual necessity. You understand that wisdom comes from collecting diverse, sometimes contradictory experiences and weaving them into a coherent worldview. You have a fundamental need to keep expanding and reinventing what freedom means to you. All these qualities may make some people nervous, but they really are among your primary assignments now and forever. They are especially important to cultivate these days. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In navigation, “dead reckoning” means finding your position by tracking your previous movements. Where you have been tells you where you are. But it only works if you’ve been honest about your course. I bring this to your attention because I really want you to rededicate yourself to telling yourself the deepest, strongest, clearest truths. Where have you been going? Not where you told yourself you were going or where other people imagined you were going, but where your choices have been taking you. Look at the pattern of your real movements, not your stated intentions. Once you know your true position, you can chart a true course for the future. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re entering a rambling zigzag phase. Each plot twist will branch into two more, and every supposed finale will reveal itself as the opening act of another surprise. Fortunately, your gift for quick thinking and innovative adaptation is sharper than ever, which means you will flourish where others might freeze. My suggestion? Forget the script. Approach the unpredictable adventures like an improv exercise: spontaneous, playful and open to the fertile mysteries. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Can you compel acts of grace to intervene in your destiny? Can bursts of divine favor be summoned through the power of your will? Some spiritual scholars say, “Absolutely not.” They claim life’s wild benevolence arrives only through the mysterious tides of fate—impossible to solicit and impossible to predict. But other observers, more open-minded, speculate that your intelligent goodness might indeed attract the vivid generosity of cosmic energies. I bring this up because I suspect you Pisceans are either receiving or will soon receive blessings that feel like divine favor. Did you earn them, or are you just lucky – or some of both? It doesn’t matter. Our Lo Losing health health ins nsur urance? ce? service is Getting kicked Get cked off Med Medica caid? d? FREE! Turning 65 / Enr Turn nroll olling in Med Medica care? e?
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FreeWillAstrology / Week of March 19 by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1960, Aries primatologist Jane Goodall arrived in Tanzania to study the lives of chimpanzees. Her intention was to engage in patient, long-term observation. In subsequent months, she saw the creatures using tools, a skill that scientists had previously believed only humans could do. She also found that “it isn’t only human beings who have personality, who are capable of rational thought and emotions like joy and sorrow.” Her discoveries revolutionized our understanding of animal intelligence. I recommend her approach to you in coming weeks. Your diligent, tenacious attention can supplant outmoded assumptions. Let the details and rhythms of what you’re studying reveal their deeper truths. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ancient Romans had a household deity called Cardea, goddess of hinges and thresholds. She protected the pivot points, like the places where the inside meets the outside and where one state transforms into another. In the coming weeks, you Tauruses will benefit from befriending a similar deity. I hope you will pay eager attention to the metaphorical hinges in your world: the thresholds, portals, transitions and in-between times. They may sometimes feel awkward because they lack the certainty you crave. But I guarantee that they are where the best magic congregates. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are fluent in the art of fruitful contradiction. While others pursue one-dimensional consistency, you thrive on the fact that the truth is too wild and multifaceted to be captured in a single, simple story. You make spirited use of paradox and enjoy being enchanted by riddles. You can be both serious and playful, committed and curious, strong and receptive. In the coming weeks, Gemini, I hope you will express these superpowers to the max. The world doesn’t need another person who separates everything into neat little categories. Your nimble intelligence and charming multiplicity are the gifts your allies need most. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi celebrates imperfection, impermanence and the soulfulness that comes with age. A weathered wooden gate may be considered more beautiful than a new one. Its surface has a silvery grain from years of exposure to rain and sun. Its hinges creak from long use by countless passersby. Let’s invoke this lovely concept as we ruminate on your life.
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It’s important that in the coming months you don’t treat your incompleteness as a deficit requiring correction. Consider the possibility that your supposed blemishes may be among your most interesting features. The idiosyncratic aspects of your character are precisely what make you a source of vitality. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In medieval Japan, swordsmiths would undertake spiritual purifications before beginning work on a new blade: abstinence, ritual bathing, prayer and fasting. They believed that the quality of their consciousness influenced the quality of their creation – that the blade would absorb the maker’s mental and spiritual state. I bring this to your attention because you’re in a phase when your inner condition will have extra potent effects on everything you build, develop or initiate. Prepare yourself with impeccable care before launching new projects. The creations you generate could serve you well for a long time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Master chess players don’t necessarily calculate more moves ahead than amateurs. Their years of study enable them to perceive the developing trends in a single glance, bypassing complex analysis. What appears to be stellar intuition is actually compressed expertise. You’re in a phase when you can make abundant use of this capacity, Virgo. Again and again, your accumulated experience will crystallize into immediate knowing. So don’t second-guess your first assessments, OK? Trust the pattern recognition that you have cultivated through the years. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The cosmic powers have granted you a triple-strength, extra-long, time-release dose of sweet, fresh certainty. During the grace period that’s beginning, you will be less tempted to indulge in doubt and indecision. A fountain of resolve will rise up in you whenever you need it. Though at first the lucid serenity you feel may seem odd, you could grow accustomed to it – so much so that you could lose up to 20% of your chronic tendency to vacillate. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Crows can hold grudges against individual humans for years. But they also remember acts of kindness and bring gifts like shiny objects and buttons to those who’ve helped them. They’re capable of both revenge and gratitude, and they never forget either. I suspect you’re entering a period when you’ll need to decide which of your crowlike qualities to emphasize, Scorpio. You have legitimate grievances worth remembering. You have also received gifts worth honoring. My counsel: Spend 20%
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of your emotional energy on remembering wrongs (enough to protect yourself) and 80% on remembering what has helped you thrive. Make gratitude your primary teacher, even as you stay wisely wary. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): More than any other zodiac sign, Sagittarians can be both discontented rebels and sunny celebrants of life. You can see clearly what’s out of alignment and needs adjustment without surrendering your wry, amused tolerance. This capacity will be especially useful to you in the coming days. You may not find many allies who share this aptitude, so you should lean on your own instincts and heed the following suggestions: Be joyfully defiant. Be a generous agitator and an open-hearted critic. Blessings will find their way to you as you subvert the stale status quo. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your persistence and endurance are among your greatest gifts. You’re committed to building structures that outlast transitory moods and trends. On behalf of all the other signs, THANK YOU! You understand that real power comes from showing up consistently and doing unglamorous work, refraining from the temptation to score quick and superficial victories. May you always recognize that your pragmatism is a form of loving faith. Your cautionary care is rooted in generosity. More than ever, you need to express these talents with full vigor. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of your power symbols right now is the place where two tributaries blend into a single river. A second is where your favorite tree enters the earth. Here are other images to excite your imagination and stimulate your creativity: the boundary between cloud and sky; the darkness where your friend’s shadow overlaps yours; and the time between when the sun sets and night falls. To sum up, Aquarius, I hope you will access extra inspiration in liminal areas. Seek the vibrant revelations that arise where one mystery coalesces with another. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Mark Doty wrote, “The sea doesn’t reward those who are too anxious, too greedy or too impatient. We should lie as empty, open and choiceless as a beach – waiting for gifts from the sea.” This quote captures your genius when it’s working at its best. Others may exhaust themselves trying to force results, but you know that the best gifts come to those who are patient. This is true now more than ever. I hope you will practice intense receptivity. Protect your permeability like the superpower it is. Be as supple and responsive as you dare.
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