Entries by Mary Isgro

Hiking Bob – Explore Colorado’s Dark Skies

By Bob Falcone “Welcome to Colorful Colorado,” greets everyone who enters the state on any of the major highways. The state’s colors inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful” after seeing the purple mountains majesty and amber waves of grain from the summit of Pikes Peak. Colorado is indeed colorful, and likely much […]

Why Stargazing Matters for Society

Bonding under a starry sky in an age of anxiety, hyperpartisanship, and the attention economy If you’re debating whether to spend two months’ salary to go on a guided Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, try just spending a couple of evenings stargazing at a Dark Sky site first. The second annual Lake City Star Fest […]