I have a fondness for the old Carnegie buildings. They all look pretty much the same (inside and out), but there's something about browsing for books in one that no other library can match. (The Las Vegas, NM, Carnegie is also one of my faves!)
Photo showing the exterior of the Old Colorado City Carnegie Library from the steps, looking up at the early 1900s structure with blue sky above it.
It’s National Library Week! Visited one of my favorites today, @ppld.org’s Old Colorado City branch housed in an original Carnegie Library building.
This NPR story on connections between Truth Social posts and trades on Kalshi and Polymarket is more than worth a few minutes of your time: www.npr.org/transcripts/...
In short, law enforcement posts AI slop and can’t be bothered to clarify details that might help find the man:
Sheriff's office releases AI-generated image of hunter missing in Chaffee County
gazette.com/2026/04/20/s...
The article Kash Patel doesn’t want you to read, presented as a paywall-free gift.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Collection of black and white photos. From left to right: Top row: a librarian hold up a book to a group of excited children, a librarian helps a researcher at a card catalog, a woman holds a sign for the Victory Book Campaign; Bottom row: a librarian provides bedside service to a man in a hospital bed, families check out Pratt Library's horse-drawn book wagon, and a librarian reads a book surrounded by a group of children. Text below photos reads: "Give to ALA's 150th Anniversary Campaign during National Library Week and your donation will be matched 2:1!" ALA150.org. ALA150 American Library Association
When you give to ALA's 150th Anniversary Campaign during #NationalLibraryWeek between now and 4/25, your donation will be matched 2:1, thanks to a matching gift challenge from the Steve and Loree Potash Foundation. Your $15 becomes $45 this week only!
Donate: https://bit.ly/4dRIkmR
Today was a good day.
A colorful illustration of the front of a library with a librarian at the door waving to members of the community outside. A banner over the library reads "FIND YOUR JOY!" Logos for American Library Association and Library Champions in top right. Text below the illustration reads "Celebrate NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, April 19-25, 2026"
It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace.
Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!
It’s snowing here in Colorado! Seems like the kind of weekend where you should settle in with a good book. Might I suggest Laytons Grove? It’s available now in all ebook formats, or you can order a paperback for the next snowstorm! rmlowery.com/laytonsgrove/
Forty years ago this month, “The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults” was watched by 30 million (disappointed) viewers.
Read our look back at the night — featuring interviews with host Geraldo Rivera, the show's producers, historians, and more. buff.ly/cpdYyLo
These graves have been in this spot since the 1950s, and though they sit on private property, last month, El Paso County funded a refresh (shown in my photos), with new fencing, landscaping, and a new sign. Prior to the refresh, the area was overgrown and surrounded by a wooden fence.
The current graves were relocated to this spot in the 1950s during a widening of 21st Street at Gold Camp Road. Only one person buried here has been identified. Newspaper clipping state that Henry Parks died on the farm in 1900 at 46. The farm opened in 1880 and was in use until the early 1970s.
Colorado Springs once had a literal “poor farm” where, in the days before social safety nets like Medicaid, people without means were sent to work and live. Now located near the Bear Creek Dog Park, northeast of the old farm site, sits a “paupers cemetery” where some of them were laid to rest.
“But whatever is driving this decline in Trump’s self-control, Americans must not shrug off the president’s latest implosion.”
Paywall-free gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The guy who misgenders himself and can’t even order a donut now wants to tell the Pope how to pope.
Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?
Fun fact: Pabor tried to name a famous Garden of the Gods rock formation "Seal Making Love to a Nun," but Palmer fired him for it.
Today, the formation tends to be called the Seal and the Bear. (Sadly, the "seal" collapsed after heavy rains in 1942.)
(Clipping also from the Gazette.)
I couldn’t find newspaper articles or historical documents to determine when the house was moved to its current location on the northeast corner of El Paso Street and East Española Street, but I did find a 1965 archival photo of it at its current location, so it’s been there at least that long.
The house was built in 1871 by William Pabor, who was the publicist for the city's founder General William Jackson Palmer.
Palmer's wife, Mary "Queen" Palmer opened the city's first school in the house, in November 1871. She quit after five weeks...
(Newspaper clipping from the Gazette.)
This is the oldest continually lived in house in Colorado Springs. These days, it’s located in the Patty Jewett neighborhood, but it didn't start there. It was originally located on the northeast corner of Bijou Street and Cascade Avenue, in downtown.
(Photo by me.)
“Once upon a time, the unwritten rules of American politics imposed a strict decorum on the way politicians talked.
“Lately, you may have noticed, the rules have changed.”
Paywall-free gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
If it can’t be CC, this works! Denver wins another national championship!
California burgers, Colorado views.
Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, new research has uncovered. wrd.cm/3NOJyEY
“Despite his continued emphasis on unity, Leo has not toned down his language, even as he’s drawn the ire of some on the Christian right.”
Paywall-free gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Alice in Chains recorded this MTV Unplugged session on April 10, 1996. To me, it's the absolutest best Alice in Chains performance and the absolutest best MTV Unplugged.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jprl...
False! It’s over and DU is headed to another national championship!!!
This DU-Michigan game may never end.