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Comment on A Little Gold for CC’s Green Efforts by First aid course

First aid course — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:22:50 +0000

Adult education is evolving – not just in the US but also in Europe with lifelong learning. It is encouraging overall.

Comment on A Little Gold for CC’s Green Efforts by Daisy

Daisy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:43 +0000

I had no idea that the students petitioning to pursue LEED certification were so involved in working on the budget, thank you for sharing this story! I was thrilled to hear that Cornerstone earned Gold as I knew we were on the high end of Silver and it seemed so close! It is a lovely building in which to work and LEED is a big part of that. Kudos to Stan Rovira for working with the students to solve this problem, what a great result!

Comment on Yes, Colorado Springs is international by colorado movers

colorado movers — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:27 +0000

such a great article on the colorado springs area. i myself have to agree with you that this is an international city and we do have so much to offer. thanks for such encouraging words.

Comment on Yes, Colorado Springs is international by Starfish

Starfish — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:41:39 +0000

Thanks, really interesting.

Comment on Comfort Food by voip

voip — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:03:42 +0000

Food comfort food, despite of the plunging stock index and gloomy economy, life continues and I’m grateful for the food our family can have everyday. Home and food are the nicest things you can have in this planet.

Comment on Comfort Food by Bryan - After5PC.net

Bryan - After5PC.net — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:41:09 +0000

Even though my wife and I enjoy going out for special dinners, there’s definitely no replacement for her home-cooking!

Thanks for your post…

Comment on Comfort Food by Dr.Curt Schmidt

Dr.Curt Schmidt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:37:02 +0000

President Celeste invokes great memories. My Grandma Halloran, born in County Tipperary in 1864, never liked to cook. Thanksgiving was resplendent with food prepared by her ten children. One year they had trouble finding the dishes. Grandma didn’t particularly like to do dishes, so she had put them in the ice box, as a quick way to tidy up the kitchen. Her gift was to be a storyteller, and in a home filled with laughter, her life itself was a story.

In the little village of Drangan,
Ireland, where she was born, there is a niche sealed in glass near the alter of the village church. In it are the famine chalices, and the vials of oil used to give the last rites to those stricken during the Irish famine. They were the friends and neighbors of my great grandparents, and Grandma would remind us how food carried with it the gift of life. Nearing eighty years of age, she kept a large Victory Garden all through World War II. How amazed she would be were she now to stand by the garden at Stewart House, and gaze at the stunning beauty of the Rockies. In her Irish brogue she’d say, “It’s like heaven here.”
In many ways, it is.

Comment on Comfort Food by Homemade Aviary

Homemade Aviary — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:40:47 +0000

I suppose my comfort food has always been peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. What is it about those sandwiches? They seem to be on lots of people’s comfort food lists.

Comment on Comfort Food by Denver Used Cars

Denver Used Cars — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:11:23 +0000

Food is such a huge part of our daily lives that it’s astonishing how few people have had the opportunity (or the desire) for a good home-cooked meal like you described above. Reliance on processed food and the network of food suppliers has lessened us, in a way. There’s nothing like going into your own backyard and using what you’ve grown there yourself to create a meal for your loved ones. While the necessities of modern suburban living often stop people who would otherwise be interested in going this route, communal gardens that are integrated into suburban subdivisions can give us a taste of what food was like not so long ago.

Comment on Follow-up to 'The Monthly Bag' by nate

nate — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:09:51 +0000

I feel that the entire issue at hand regarding the controversial flier has been ignored. The students responsible for the flier had an idea that i feel is very poignant, which i’m pretty sure was that feminist culture at CC and America at large is self-righteous, and accusatory of male. Feminist theory is a weapon, and the kids who posted the flier were respond with masculine weaponry. None the less i feel that the poster was juvenile and inflammatory more than serious; my issue is that there is not a strong academic foundation for masculine theory and study at CC and colleges all across America; i agree with Fight CLub mentality that man in the modern world faces shackling emasculation, and i wish that colleges would offer justified and enlightening male gender studies courses as polemic dichotomy to stifling feminist academia. I feel that this issue was not seriously considered and is at the center of this drama, please Celeste, give CC the masculine studies courses that it needs and I feel that these frivolous and unintelligent conflicts wouldn’t arise. It would also put CC at the forefront of a somewhat uncharted academic category.