All Clippings From The ‘Another Month in the Valley’ Category

February 5th, 2016

Another Month in the Valley: Cold, Snow and Local Politics

A snowy day at the Hotchkiss Hotel building in Hotchkiss –  Tom Wills Photo Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills “No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”…Click to view post »


January 2nd, 2016

Another Month in the Valley: Winter With a Capital W

Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Co-Publisher                 Real winter begins the Valley in early December and the first significant snows of the 2015-16 winter began just after Thanksgiving. And we look back on the…Click to view post »


December 4th, 2015

November 2015 – Another Month in the Valley

  Winter on the Highway – Hotcukiss –  Photo by Thomas Wills Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and Co-Publisher October 25 – I picked all of the green peppers in the gardens along with…Click to view post »


November 2nd, 2015

October: Another Month in the Valley

Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Publisher             Autumn in the Valley.  Among the top stories of the past month Bowie Resources Partners announced the idling (reduction of production) of the Bowie #2 Mine due…Click to view post »


September 28th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: Changing Seasons, Gas Deals, Climate Science Denial, and Mundane Garden and Weather Stuff

  Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Co-Publisher                 Fall, my very favorite time of the year in the Valley. Cool enough to work outside, with the smell of lush maturity everywhere. Shades of browns,…Click to view post »


August 4th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: Health Care Woes and Lots of Rain

Sure, kids ride bikes in Hotchkiss.  The bike rack made by metal artisan Ira Houseweart at the Hotchkiss Library Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Editor and Co-publisher Hot and humid. And then just hot.  Then wet…Click to view post »


June 6th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: Rain, Rain, Rain, Barking Dogs, and Rain

Downtown Paonia 1930’s Another Month in the Valley:  Rain, Rain, Rain, Barking Dogs, and Rain By Thomas Wills – Co-Publisher and Editor May 2015 – the month when it rained almost every day. April 22 –  Hotchkiss Mayor, Wendell Koontz,…Click to view post »


March 9th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: The Big Thaw and the Return of Winter

Winter flowers at the Creamery Arts Center in Hotchkiss were made by Gini McNair   Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and Co-Publisher January 27 – The big thaw of the winter of 2015 continued…Click to view post »


February 16th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: The Winter that Wasn’t and More

Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and Co-Publisher                 Winter in the Valley. Snow, ice, the smell of wood-fires and the occasional tang of burning coal in the mornings. The month began with the first…Click to view post »


January 6th, 2015

Another Month in the Valley: What amazing North Fork thing do you have planned for 2015?

“Boo”  Photo by Marla Bear Bishop Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor and co-publisher             Well, here we are, beginning another year in the North Fork Valley: doing our taxes, wondering about the future of…Click to view post »