World Wetlands Day has its origins in the 1971 Convention of Wetlands and started to be celebrated officially in 1997 each February 2, the anniversary of the original convention. Since 2021, it has also been adopted by the United Nations. From the World Wetlands Day website comes the following information: Nearly 90% of the world’s … Continue reading World Wetlands Day
If you happen to be a resident in or visitor to Colorado’s Pikes Peak region and have not yet explored the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, my sincere wish is that you find some time to do so. As a volunteer docent at this institution since 2015, my opinion might not be entirely unbiased, but I … Continue reading 5♀ %f the Story
If you were raised in an Anglophone country and are of a certain age, chances are you became familiar with the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme while growing up. As I spent the first two decades of life in Germany, I didn’t. When and where I first heard the poem I no longer recall, and I … Continue reading Humpty Dumpty Encore
It’s Saturday, the last day of August, and I’m watering our flower garden. When I look up, I see at least ten hot air balloons glide through the sky on this calm morning. Of course, it’s Labor Day weekend, which means the annual balloon fest is in the air. Colorado Springs has hosted an annual … Continue reading Balloons, Balloons
One of the immediately obvious features of downtown Colorado Springs is its public art. Similar to other American communities, suburban spread in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in a lackluster city center. This dilemma was addressed in the early 1990s when the city council adopted an action plan that led to the formation in 1997 … Continue reading Art on the Streets 2024
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