OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
Paul Walker grew up in the shadow of the horsehead on Mountain View Road in Monticello. A spot in town where a kid could hear the din of baseball games on star lit summer nights and see the bright Friday night lights of the football games from his front...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
See also Dust in the Wind
Sometime in the year 1801, a baby boy was born near a babbling spring just north of two massive mounds of earth. The mounds appeared to have been snipped off by some unseen and careless deity, not quite reaching their original...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
On a bright and cold December day in 1997, a man driving near Ucolo spotted a teddy bear in the road. Stopping the pickup to retrieve the toy for his children, the man immediately noticed something awfully wrong.
The bear had blood on it and the man...
BACK TO THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
There’s a new podcast out about motherhood featuring three residents of San Juan County.
Despite the local connection, here’s the real reason it grabbed my attention.
When I pushed play to listen to the very first episode of Family Looking Up, I hear...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
Sometime during his junior year at Monticello High School, Chase Randall completed an assignment in Judy Barton’s class that would change the course of his life.
It was an easy and simple assignment: apply to three colleges.
Maybe it was in his genes...
BACK TO THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
There have been many history-making moments in San Juan County this year, windmills and monuments among them. However, one wonderful piece of history may have quietly slipped by.
On December 15, 2016, Amy Bronson Camacho was sworn in as San Juan County’...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
It’s fair to say that one of Monticello’s most venerable eating establishments is Wagon Wheel Pizza. The perfect thickness of crust, tomato sauce with just the right balance of acidic savoriness and sweet tomato-ie hints. Lots of creamy cheese, fresh...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
Sometimes success is just surviving every day. Especially when you are a mother. But maybe most especially when you are the mother of a little boy fighting for his life.
Hollie Davis Warner graduated from San Juan High in 1998, growing up in Blanding...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
In the past week, the San Juan Record featured a full-page ad of all the fair activities. This week, we get to see a bit of its inner workings. Just what makes it go and who does the winding of the gears?
The theme for the county fair is “Get your fair...
OUT OF THE BLUESby Maggie Judi
Imagine your child comes to you with a horrible story of sexual abuse. Amidst the pain of sadness and the horror of these circumstances, what do you do? To whom do you turn for help?
How does justice come for your child without further traumatization? ...
