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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2016
January 2016 – What brought you to Crestone?
Patricia Faust, Jesse-Re', Shoshannah Asha, David Steele
February 2016 – How do you get through winter?
Mark Jacobi, Wonder Bob, Lisa Bodey, Matthew Gray-Stathatos
March 2016 – What are your favorite and least favorite things about Crestone?
Ara MacDonald, Judie Rose, Dennis Neuhaus, Vickie Helm, Robin Helm, Stephen Futral (aka Ish)
April 2016 – What brought you to Crestone?
Wayne Clark, Alycia Chambers, Lynette Tieder, Benjamin Byer, Kevin Matz, Cristina Cabeza-Kinney
May 2016 – Tell me about your healing journey in Crestone.
Nathan Good, Matthew Lyon-Clark, Laura Karnes, Ava Lowe, Nathan Peloquin, Helena Wright
​June 2016 – What is your dream for Crestone?
Jeremiah Bayes, Usnea Martinez, Megan Riley, Donovan Spitzman, Sharron Rose, Doug Beechwood
​July 2016 – Why do you stay in Crestone?
Ara MacDonald, Elianna Krakauer, Peter May, Darlene Yarbrough, Tedd Brumm, Sage Brown
August 2016 – How do you share Crestone with loved ones who visit?
Adam Kinney, Christine Canaly, Scott Norris, Kyle Gardner, Noah Baen, Rainbow Adler
September 2016 – How is Crestone changing?
Lynda Kucin, Elaine Johnson, Nick Drake, Meryl Ennis, Roy Gould, Hanne Strong
October 2016 – Tell me a Halloween story.
Jessica Catinella, Mark Jacobi, Mary Ann Sheeran, Electrum DelAmor, Michael Divine, Kira Rose Riley
November 2016 – Tell me about your gratitude for Crestone.
Terry Godfrey, Barbara Barnett, Isaline Simms, Bonnie Delegar, Anrahyah Arstadt, Father Eric
​December 2016 – What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?
Jennifer Daveler, Geneva Hollyer, Jacob Pesqueira, Lonny Roth, Alexander Kofi Washington, Sasha Lovelace
2017
January 2017 - What is your personal goal for 2017 to help with bettering Crestone?
Jason Anderson, County Commissioner, John Loll, Malathy Drew, Thom Ontko, Lonnie Nichols, Winter Ross
February 2017 - What improvements would you like to see in Crestone?
Kyle Grote, Kirsten Schreiber, Sharon Landrith, Dorje Root, Michael Pacheco, Tim Brenner
March 2017 - What’s your take on the economy?
Cindy Tate - RMTNMT, Michael Bertin, Amulya Dawn Beechwood, Ed Nagel, Judy Gilbert, Benjamin Byer
April & May 2017 - How can we as a community become more resilient?
Hanne Strong, Matthew Crowley, Nick Chambers, Laurie Jiminez, Kate Steichen, Peter Gyallay-Pap
June 2017 - How do you feel about the current housing situation in Crestone? Potential solutions?
Daya Scheide, Diane Dunlap, Kevin Crum, Cheryl Rowe, Jim Starry, Mitzi Kohls
July 2017 - Where were you during the Summer of Love, 1967?
Kizzen Lakai, Diane Bairstow, Bruce Becker, Sandia Belgrade, Jeannie Krogh, Barry Monroe, Barbara Hoeppner
August 2017 – What are your fondest memories of the Crestone Music Festival?
Eli Dokson, Patte Smith, Dale Smith, Robin Blankenship, Jonathan Neuhaus-Rose, Robin Rosenberg
September 2017 - What brought you to Crestone?
Matie Belle Lakish, Glider, Heather D’Alessio, David Lindsey, Holly Hosner, Marv Mattis
October 2017 - What challenges have you faced living in Crestone?
Desi Faraci, Nina Gonzalez, Dan Frelka, Lynn Drake, Ammi Kohn, Tim Riley
November 2017 - What are you grateful for?
Aliya Alexander, Zuki Abbott, Glenn Ennis, Jessika Carpenter, Keating Simons, Nick Zamora (aka Nikki Z)
December 2017 - Holidays around the world.
Alisa Severskaya, Martin Macauly, Mati Fuller, Per Jorgelin, AnnaLouise Stewart, Rick Hart
2018
January 2018 - How do you plan to contribute to our community in 2018?
John Milton, Rodney Volkmer, Erin McGrath, Stephen Futral (aka Ish), Patti Jackson, Stephanie Gaines
February 2018 – Tell me a love story.
Joe Reininger, Myan Sorenson, Christine Gingrich, Peter Taylor, David Lee, Ashley Van Wart
March 2018 - How have you established yourself in our community?
Joel Weston, Vivia Lawson, Ramji, Deana Wilfong, Ralph Abrams, Lori Nagel (aka Lori Sunflower)
April 2018 - What challenges have you faced as a business owner in Crestone?
Matthew Johnson (Crestone Mercantile), Carmin Teeple (Ragpicker Used Books), Lonny Roth (Crestone Creative Trade), Linda Behrns (Mobile Veterinary Service), Cynthia Nielsen (Gentle Yoga with Cynthia), Madolyn Davis (Crestone Inn)
May 2018 - What are some favorite memories with your mother?
Ben Potter (mom: Karen Potter), Sunia Beelendorf (mom: Michelle Beelendorf-Byer), Avery Runner (mom: Caren Kershner), Kelly Hosner-Crowley (mom: Holly Hosner), Zack Lavin (mom: Zuki Abbott), Edie Lee (mom: Sasha Lovelace)
June 2018 - What are some fond memories of your dad?
Liberty Nelson (dad: Joe Mendel), Molly Roth (dad: Lonny Roth), David Elliott (dad: Mark Elliott), Tim Riley (dad: Mike Riley), Trevor Storm (dad: Steve Storm), Abby Swartz (dad: Scott Swartz)
July 2018 - What to do with Crestone visitors?
Suzie Ryan, Ryan Johns, Anne Kelly, Kelvin Heitmann, Jodi Tucker, Mike Croft
August 2018 - What does being in the vortex mean to you?
Posey Nelson, Gordon Chu, Ginny Ducale, Kelly Sheffield, Nick Nevares
September 2018 - What do you do that’s energy efficient?John Rowe, Chi Chi Chu, Paul Shippee, Deb Schultz, Donovan Spitzman, Annie Pace
November 2018 - What are you grateful for?
Therese Peloquin, Dan Frelka, Phylesha (Phlea) Mirelez, Tim Brenner, Cindy Hefty, Nick Carpenter
December 2018 - What are your significant memories from 2018?
Lisa Rosen, David Sheffield, Mary Benavidez, Jeff Beard, Susan Reycroft, Dean Lloyd
2019
January 2019 - What positive changes would you like to see in Crestone in 2019?
Andrea Long, Eddie High, Gussie Faunterloy, Devin Ross, Mary Lowers, Aha Arnie Alba
February 2019 - What does LOVE mean to you?
Jake Marcus, Jandi Namba, Donna Heitmann, Bill Sutherland, David Charles Nelson, Jesse Wright
March 2019 – What brought you to Crestone?
Domé Moon, Melinda “Sista Love” Davis, Joshua Hillman, Estela de Colores, Michael Agape
April 2019 - Would you like to live the rest of your life in Crestone?
Barbara Hoeppner, Jeff Winsett, Tilly Reed, Russ Priester, Neola Talon, Grace Woods
May 2019 - How has being a mother enriched your life?
Sasha Lovelace, Pamela Ramadei, Stephanie Long, Aoife Kelly Tate, Lisa Meri (Beaubien), Marita Peak
June 2019 - How has being a father enriched your life?
Rich Jewitt, Garrett Hilts, Lonny Roth, Mark Elliott, Friend Darr, Benny Roman
July 2019 - What kind of animal would you be and why?
Scott Carlson, Vivia Lawson, Jonathan Roux, Jane Kwan, David Nelson, Heather D’Alessio, Taleb Nelson, Sam Finnell
August 2019 - How can our community be more sustainable?
Rick King, Christine Canaly, Michael Bertin, Sima Simone, Amir Hess, Miranda Clendening
September 2019 - What brought you to Crestone?
Deva Serene, McGregor Gaines, Cassey Graef, Mike Maverick, Sarah Hines
October 2019 - How is kindness contagious?
Amir Hess, Vickie Helm, Kiara Perkins, Matthew Nava, Tina Dibble Foy
November 2019 - What are you thankful for?
Jose Villa, Paul McElaney, Cindy Reinhardt, Jennifer Blooms, Mary Helgeson Windwalker, Tim Matz
December 2019 - This holiday season, what do you most want and why?
Ziggy Eilets, Ili Hines, Phoebe Tieder, Nesta Rocha-Davis, Aleecea Wright, Unnah Bradley, Zenna Hess, Sequoia Sirios, Naiya Cabeza-Kinney
2020
January 2020 - How will you reduce your carbon footprint in 2020?
Seth Buchanan, Emily Donaldson, Nisa Kerr, Suzanne Rouge, Rashaun Bradley, Whitney Gourdin
February 2020 – What’s your advice for a successful relationship?
Cristina Cabeza-Kinney and Adam Kinney, Carol and Nick Nichols, Judy Gilbert and Bill Sutherland, Christine Canaly and Mark Jacobi, Audrey McDowall and Michael Pacheco
March 2020 – How have your pets enriched your life?
Jananne Settle, Matthew Johnson, Liz Paup, Anoushka Perkert, Shawn Wilkinson, Todd Rezack
April 2020 – UFO sightings and paranormal experiences
Judy Messoline, Scott Johnson, M. Marie McVey, Paki Wright, Nick Nevares, Alannah Godwin
May 2020 – What have the pros & cons of this quarantine been for you?
Stacia Horvath, Shanti Dechen, John René Berard, Allenda Dorrough, Allen Henderson
June 2020 – What have the pros & cons of this quarantine been for you?
Jeff Winsett, Lin Rose Troyer, Marshall Beck, Ramloti Wood, Malana Faith
July 2020 – How can Crestone unify better during this time?
Desi Feraci, Peter May, Kathi McCullum, Lonny Roth, Sima Simone, Lisa Bodey
August 2020 – How can people best prepare for emergencies?
Nathan Good, Jeff DeMers, Sanatani Heather Quick, Zuki Abbott, John Milton
September 2020 – What positive things have you experienced since COVID-19 began?
Mike Booth, Chris Royer, Sunia Beelendorf, Eddie High, Morgaine Faust
October 2020 – How can we create positive change in our current world?
Robin Helm, John Luke Wall, Jay Weidner, Sharron Rose, Katie Getchell
November 2020 – What brought you to Crestone?
Ginny Ducale, StormDancer, Alisa Severskaya, Everett Wilson, Brandy Dechand
December 2020 – 2020 in a Nutshell?
Michael Agape, Daniel Gray, Deanna Elliott, Michael Alexander, Jennifer Eytcheson, Tim Budrys
2021
January 2021 - How can we create positive change in 2021?
Afton Fleming, Dan Thompson, Hester Triplett, Justin Payne, Goldie Mariola
February 2021 – What does LOVE mean to you?
Donna Gohr, Tim Brenner, Chelsea Braden, Bill Peck, Sarah Trujillo, Aha By Arnold Hector Alba ©, all rights reserved.
March 2021 – Who is a hero to you and why?
Blane Judson, Shane Chatterton, Chandri Morales, Nisa Kerr, Dan Hart, Jandi Namba
April 2021 – What changes have you noticed in Crestone?
Chase Nichols, D’Lane Kilgore, Steve Kemp, Isadora Storey, Maori Wolf Baca
May 2021 – What's the best advice your mother ever gave you?
Aliyah Ulrich, Katie Adams, Donovan Spitzman, Dane Henderson, Cyndi Bryson, Zuki Abbott, Wren Lada, Kaylea Worm, Aleecea Rodrigues, Star Char Lema, Carl Cole
June 2021 – What's the best advice your father ever gave you?
Dr. Matt, Melanie Redmond, John Hutton, Nora Vivian, Matthew Clark, Jon Zuppan, Keating Simons, James Woosley, Ben Brack, Barbara Hoeppner, Melissa Ketchum
July 2021 – Whats the best advice your grandparents ever gave you?
Ani Kunzang, Signe Ramstrom, Nick Nevares, Raven, Chris Hovland, Cynn Nielsen, Willow, Clinton Asher, Ara MacDonald, Shirley Motz
August 2021 – What's your best advice for new Crestonians?
Carmin Teeple, Benjamin Byer, Loretta Covert, Shala Robinson, Meryl Ennis, Sandia Belgrade, Kim Engard, William Howell, Matt Evers, Josefina Gordh
September 2021 – What do you love most about Crestone?
Jay Weidner, Sharron Rose, Paulette Repp, Nisa Kerr, Isaline Simms, Jodi Tucker, Faith Archeia, Keith Conway, Benny Roman, Scott Stevens
October 2021 – What’s your favorite thing about Halloween?
Barry Monroe, Susan Reycroft, Lenore Ryan, AnnMarie Kuhn, Katim, Jennifer Eytcheson, Deja Anthony, Shane O'Connor-Avion, Andrew Martinez, Deana Fisher Wilfong
November 2021 – What are you most grateful for?
Sima Simone, Armando Mendes, Marlin Sauder, Caitlin Jimenez, Rashaun Bradley, Lacey Sheffield, Jazzy Weeks, Bob Adler, Sarah (aka Sophia) Tiers, River Kerr
December 2021 – What do you like most about December?
Heidi Bergann, Jeana Michie, Curtis Ramsey, Peter Anderson, Gussie Faunterloy, Bill Cody, Tommy Lyle, Brett Sherrick, Pete Van Horn, Ginger Bear (Massey)
2022
January 2022 - What would you most like to see in 2022?
Dusty Ryan, Vesper Gers, Keating Simons, James Courtney, Brent Beckman, Maureen (aka Mo) VanWalleghan, Mary Gaetjens, Jeannette Gardea, Kyle Terry, Hester Triplett
February 2022 – What does love feel like?
Todd Webster, Barbara Joy Vandeberg, Jureeporn Roth, David Watts, Joel Weston, Sunia Beelendorf, Anoushka Perkert, Everett Wilson, Laura Valentina Enzer
March 2022 – If you could ask an alien anything, what would it be?
Taylor Shelton, Faeral, Ashtar Wolff Froland, Chanti Daniels, Al Sutherland, Jacquelyn Speicher, Tyler Zimmerman, Jacob Rosen, Robyn Ramy
April 2022 – If you could travel in time and change 1 event, what would it be?
Morgaine Faust, Cathy Goevert, Kijani, Valerie Herenchack, Reed Alexander Schmitz, Maggie Gelbwaks, Davin Infinity, Michael DiMartino, Steve Kemp
May 2022 – What advice from your mother or grandmother have you passed down to your own kids?
Pat Tullos, Joan Gaus, Claudia Crane, Brittany Yepsen, Kelly Lampi, Robin Blankenship, Debbie Plotnick, Taylor Martin, Amy Jo Arndt, Cassie Morningstar, Florabeth Beckman, Matie Belle Lakish
June 2022 – What advice from your father or grandfather have you passed on to your own child(ren)?
Brett Buchanan, Tony Cannata, Greg, Matthew Crowley, Michael Booth, Seth Buchanan, Shawn Wilkinson, Stephen Hume
July 2022 – What does freedom mean to you?
Christopher, Jacob Pesqueira, Ave Doering, Lisa Cole, Benjamin Byer, Michael Bertin, Amber Dawn (& Jaybee), Felicia Passarella
August 2022 – What do you think of the proposal to rename the town of Moffat to Kush?
CNN Article, Ken Skoglund (Moffat Town Trustee), Lynn Ertle, Peggy Godfrey, Zack Reuter, Christie Barton, Nancy Garrett, Kristin Ecklund, Rancher in the 81143 Zip Code, 3 Moffat Residents
September 2022 – If someone gifted you $1 Million, how would you change your life?
Dee, Noah Pulver, Ginny Ducale, Maitreya, William Rook III, Laya Love, Jessica Forman, Lydia Sprouts, Delilah Lasen
October 2022 – If you could know one thing about the future, what would it be?
StormDancer, Craig Tomaski, Ryan Garber, Debbie Hart, Donna Gohr, Vickie Mastron, Alannah Godwin
November 2022 – Who is a Crestonian you're grateful for and why?
James O'Dea, Burt Wadman, Noah Baen, Jasmine Williams, Liza Marron, Brett Sherrick, Paul Mannaioni
December 2022 – What have you learned from Kizzen over the years?
Lori Nagel (Sunflower), Nakia Lilly (Kizzen’s daughter), Jennifer Eytcheson, John Rowe, Gussie Faunterloy, Carrie Caverly, Shoshannah Asha, Nick Nevares, Mark Talbot, Sista Love 💙
2023
January 2023 - If you could manifest one thing in this world in 2023, what would it be?
Lynn Drake, Raven, Cara LeMasters, Rainbow Adler, Mary Lowers, Katie Adams, Matthew Lyon Clark, Wesley Johnson (aka Jupiter G, Papa Sparkles, Gold Tooth), Leigha Nicole
February 2023 – What can we do to help our economy thrive around here?
Lori Booth, Arielle Francis, Benjamin Byer, Bryan Locker, Heather Draper, John Milton, Malick Melchizedek, Anrahyah Arstad
March 2023 – What's a 'bad experience' from your life that turned out to be a positive thing?
Bill Peck, Tim Brenner, Cody Wolfe, Andrea Musgrave, Matie Belle Lakish, Susan Coutant
April 2023 – What’s something from your childhood that helped shape who you’ve become?
Chantelle Pence, Natalie Rose Marquis, Charlie Hugo, Noemi Kosmowski, Kyle Terry, Steve Miller, Romary Alegria, Michael DiMartino, Steve Kemp
May 2023 – What are your favorite ways to express your creativity?
Alisa Severskaya, Signa Cheney, Patte Reaves-Smith, Kevin Off, Cassie Morningstar, Curtis Kidwell, Nick Chambers
June 2023 – What do you do for fun?
Reed Schmitz, Andy McDell, Mary Ann Sheeran, Leslie Kane, Eric Carpenter, Ame Warner, Christine Gydesen, Peter Anderson
July 2023 – If you could have a 1-hour conversation with anyone, living or not, who & why?
Oraza Allam, Christina Lakish, Ron Dessain, Adam, JR Edwards, Tony Cannata, Lili Zohar, MaLena
August 2023 – What is your super power?
Brent Vandever, Robin Durrance (Raboon), Tashina Neptuned, Nick Nevares, Paul Shippee, John Pericles, Anton Faust, VIckie Mastron
September 2023 – How would you describe Crestone to an alien?
Claudia Crane, Raven, Nathan Good, Curt Cotham, Rita Toniatti, Valerie Herenchak, Robin Blankenship
October 2023 – What’s the #1 issue that needs to be addressed in Crestone?
Roman Pena, Melinda “Sista Love” Davis, Scott Carlson, Kary Kilmer, Brooke Nero
November 2023 – What do you appreciate most about Crestone?
Alixe Landry, Karen Barbee, Shawn Maminakis, Papa Sparkles, Brent Beckman, Amber Travis-Ballinas, Jessica Webber, Eden Elderberry
December 2023 – What’s your favorite Holiday memory?
Michael McGovern, Shelley Hagan, Toby McCoy, Aidan Lakish, Vera Lakish, Mary Windwalker, Zuki Abbott, Vashon Taylor, Patty Kelbert
2024 (due to Wix constraints, the 2024 columns are all on 1 page.)
January 2024 - What do you think is most important in life?
Michael Divine, Al Sutherland, AnnMarie Kuhn, Stephen Smilack, Shirley Motz, Hanne Strong, Luka Bradley, Sima Simone, Melinda Myers
February 2024 - How have you healed through relationship?
Lalita, Hondo Tanner, Tashina Neptuned, Rita Toniatti, Curt Cotham, Barry Monroe, Jade Romero Johnson
March 2024 - What brought you to Crestone?
Desi Faraci, Jennifer Eytcheson, Angie Naomi Geis, Shawn Wilkinson, Simone Blissercize!, Wapi Kilgore, Jade Romero Johnson
April 2024 - What's the best prank you've ever been a part of?
Lori Nagel (Sunflower), Jandi Namba, Lenore Ryan, Kimball Wizard, Nisajoy Kerr, Aidan Lakish, Cathy Goevert, Vickie Mastron
May 2024 - What does your mother think of Crestone?
Geneva Hollyer, Lynn Ertle, Christina Dibble Brown, Marché Noecker, Dewey Spence, Kyle Terry, Lori Booth
June 2024 - What does your father think of Crestone?
T.J. Legler, Melanie Redmond, Ewa (Eva) Kosmos Kosmowski, Sue Retuta, Leighton Burt, Phlea Mirelez, Nick Nevares, Chelsea Braden
July 2024 - What do you LOVE about Crestone?
Alyce, Tricia Toney, Shala Schremmer, Raven, Anoush Farhangi, Kaylea Worm, Rene Berard
August 2024 - How can Crestone be better?
Anton Faust, Benjamin Byer - Mayor of Crestone, Polina Fury, Dale Smith, Denise Johnson, Brooke Nero, Jeanette Gardea
September 2024 - What brought you to Crestone?
Rick Hart, Anya Kaats, Kristin Gushurst, John P. Milton, Chantelle Pence
October 2024 - What’s your favorite costume you’ve seen or worn?
Chris Manfield, Remy Olsen, Dan Retuta, Allison Wonderland, Noemi Kosmowski, Kim Johnson, Storm Dancer, Simone Blissercize, Lily Farhangi