In this episode we get to hear Delores Worley tell her story about how she ended up in Saguache, Colorado. She has lived such a rich and full life and this episode will try to highlight a brief snapshot of her life. She’s been a resident of Saguache for 50 years and is still going strong at 96. You can often see her out and about in Saguache with her patented walking stick.

In Shaping Communities folks talk about how they have contributed and created a community of caring for neighbors through volunteerism, community-funded programs, and grant-funded projects to help with housing security, food security, supporting our elders, and a host of other ways that support local residents.

Lisa Cyriacks, Vice President of the Baca Land Trust speaks about what the land trust is all about. The mission:

“To conserve the beauty of the natural landscape, promote respectful
relationships between people and nature, and facilitate environmental integrity
through community cooperation in northeastern San Luis Valley, Colorado.”

To learn more or to volunteer please visit: https://www.crestonebacalandtrust.org/

For Everett Wilson Crestone, Colorado was only a footnote in a book about somatic meditation by Reginald A. Ray when he decided to follow his wife Anoushka on a spiritual journey from California to their new home. Everett and Anoushka met at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center about two hours drive inland from Monterey, California, and after a couple of years trying to figure out what to do after living in a Zen monastery for five years, they took a chance and visited Crestone, Colorado, where Anoushka attended a program at Dharma Ocean, and Everett did a solitary retreat at the Tashi Gomang stupa. Find out how they overcame the “weirdness” and tough living of this little town at the end of the road, to make themselves a home over the course of fourteen years. Don’t forget to stick around for some spoken word at the end of the story!

For information regarding the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center referenced in the interview visit https://www.sfzc.org/locations/tassajara. To learn about Dharma Ocean, the spiritual center that brought Everett and Anoushka to Crestone, visit https://www.dharmaocean.org/. There is also a link for the Crestone Poetry Festival https://www.poemfest.com/ that Everett has helped organize since 2018.