My heart is not heavy tonight. It’s still dark outside here at Owl Farm on Wednesday, February 15, but the sun is about to come up. The cover (with a picture of our peacock on the back) is being printed in Basalt and the borrowed Risograph machine is warming up the next room, ready to […]
Issue: February 20, 2006 Inaugural Issue
THE GREAT MYTH
A TWO-HEADED SNAKE BY GAYLORD GUENIN For the record, Lenado does not sit within the physical boundaries of the unincorporated community of Woody Creek. Of more import, perhaps, is the fact that Lenado shares a spiritual bond and philosophy with neighbors. But Lenado and Woody Creek are nit just tiny dots on various maps; both […]
GREEN FAIRY ABSINTHE
BY KESNIA
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL
BY DWIGHT SHELLMAN Starting this spring, local political party processes will ramp up. Woody Creekers should consider engaging this year. Here’s why Mick Ireland is term-limited and cannot run again for county commissioner. Mick generally listened to Woody Creek positions about county activities here. Two Democrats — Rachael Richards and Jim True — are likely […]
THE GOAT BOYS
BY JOHN OATES We’re not in a band together, but one fine autumn afternoon Jimny Ibbotson and I collaborated on a very special, albeit nonmusical, project. We got together to shear our Angora goats. I’m sure it was Ibby’s idea; he might say it was mine but he’d be lying. Perhaps the inspiration came during […]
