Sharing some of our favorite stories

Good morning, Sun readers, and here’s wishing you a merry Christmas, happy Hannukah and early happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate. And a peaceful Wednesday to all who don’t!

This is a season to celebrate, reflect and pause with family and friends. And we consider you, our community of Sun readers, part of that circle. From our founding in 2018, Sun readers have offered generous support, encouragement and suggestions to help us cover our state and produce the news we all need and deserve. And that’s certainly something worthy of celebration.

We believe news is a public good, and that everyone should have access to the information they need to make informed decisions, whether they can afford to pay for it or not. The Sun is a nonprofit, so we depend on our Sun readers to help make that possible.

So this holiday season, we want to thank you for your support, for reading and sharing our stories, and for making Colorado such a great place to call home.

Thanks, and enjoy your day!

To help you get off to a good start, we’d like to share some of our favorite stories from the past year (and, in case you missed it, here’s a link to some of our other favorites that we shared on Thanksgiving). Enjoy.

• A Colorado cemetery’s red phone booth to the dead dials up tension over what counts as a memorial
• A 138-year-old Colorado newspaper asked readers if it was worth saving. They resoundingly said yes.
• Inside Buc-ee’s, the big, beloved convenience store opening its first Colorado location

• Colorado Springs museum reimagines its art collection to include more women
• Colorado state parks now offer free app to help blind visitors navigate

• In a time of challenge and innovation, a Colorado library card checks out more than books. Lots more.
• Taco Bell 50K: Bad ideas and burritos encouraged in this Colorado ultramarathon, but no barfing allowed

• An unusually comprehensive collection of northern Colorado artifacts sits dormant. Will it ever reopen?
• The New York billionaire looking to change agriculture with Colorado farmland
• Sharing the smallest of hearts: A Colorado girl lives because of another family’s loss

Larry Ryckman

Publisher

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SunLit

REVIEW

Poor Richard’s Books offers some quirky reads for the perfect gift

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Poor Richard’s Books in Colorado Springs recommends:

• “Do Plants Know Math?” by Stéphane Douady, Jacques Dumais, Christophe Golé, Nancy Pickrief, a fascinating dive into plant spirals
• “The Art of the Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien with Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, the complete collection of the author’s illustrations
• “Accidentally Wes Anderson Adventures” by Wally & Amanda Koval, Wes Anderson, a travelogue of the whimsical and wacky

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

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We’ll see you back here tomorrow with a fresh collection of new stories. Did we miss any of your past favorites today? Please feel free to reach out and let us know. Thanks!

— Larry & the whole staff of The Sun

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