Jerry Fabyanic

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Standing atop a snowfield at 12,000 feet in 1975, Jerry Fabyanic scanned the expanse and said, "Holy, shit! This is it." He quit his job, packed his truck, and headed west without looking in the rearview mirror. Deciding that the only thing he ever wanted to be was a teacher, Jerry began his literal journey into world of public education and into the symbolic world of myth and story. He counts Herman Melville, John Steinbeck, and Joseph Campbell among his most influential thinkers and greatest heroes.

Over the years, his love affair with the Colorado Rocky Mountains has grown deeper. Jerry has learned the importance of paying attention to guideposts, junctures that at first seem coincidental but prove to be path-altering experiences. Whethe
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We the People: Mixing It Up

Creep has multiple meanings and usages. It can be a verb, noun, or an adjective, as in “That creepy dude gave me the creeps as he crept near.” Creep can also be used to modify a concept like budget or age. Then there’s comfort creep, the slow, inexorable advancement of our push to make our lives cushier, which is the primary theme of Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis. In “Taking Stock of Our Com

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Sisyphus Wins

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The Lion's Den (Sisyphus, #2)

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Lord of the Flies
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2183 by Laurel McHargue
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How would we, as a people, react if Earth literally or symbolically stopped spinning? A wondrous dimension of Laurel McHargue’s "2183" is that it can be read on two levels: literally and metaphorically.

At the surface level, "2183" is reminiscent of
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