When Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) was invited to teach Chaucer and early English drama during Summer School at Colorado College in Colorado Springs in 1893, she could not have imagined that her brief but profound experience on top of Pikes Peak, our local landmark mountain, would inspire her to compose a poem which, in time, … Continue reading Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose: Katharine Lee Bates
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
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