Voices of Western Colorado: Horizon
The HORIZON Issue
The ever-expanding boundary of perspective, possibility and experience.
A shifting line between the known and the unknown, urging exploration, growth and new beginnings.
Horizon
We asked these Western Slope locals to weigh in on this topic.
TAELOUR WAGLER
Owner of The Middle Wellness Center
“At The Middle Wellness in Grand Junction, horizons aren’t endpoints — they’re invitations to embrace life’s liminal spaces. Here, where desert mesas stretch into sky, the horizon mirrors our own journeys: a reminder that growth thrives in the ‘middle,’ where endings and beginnings blur.
Liminality — the art of dwelling in transition — is where healing unfolds. Like the Colorado River shaping ancient rock, we navigate thresholds: between pain and ease, stagnation and renewal. True wellness isn’t about racing toward the horizon, but grounding into the ‘now.’
Our therapies honor this in-between. Through massage and mindfulness, we guide you to find strength in uncertainty, trusting the process as deeply as the desert trusts its endless sky.”
BLYTHE CROW
Founding Director of She Has A Name
“As a Western Colorado native and the founding director of She Has A Name, horizon speaks to the space between what we know and what could be. In Kenya, I’ve watched young women stand at the edge of possibility with education becoming the bridge from survival to purpose. Here at home, I see our community stretching toward compassion and action. Horizon invites us all to expand — our empathy, our reach, our vision. The horizon is not a limit but a dream. Together, we get to expand — lifting others as we look beyond what we’ve known into what’s waiting.”
JOEY COLEMAN
Owner of KAI Dispensary
“Growing up in Western Colorado, my earliest memories are exploring the winding slot canyons of the Colorado National Monument. We didn’t call them slot canyons then — they were ‘lemon squeezers,’ and they instilled in my siblings and me a lifelong desire to explore. The same way those canyons have shifted over the millennia, Grand Junction continues to see new growth and changes. In our own way, we look to rethink what a retail cannabis experience can be. Filled with the same enthusiasm I had as a kid exploring the rising red sandstone walls, I set out to build a truly remarkable space, and offer a new experience to the community I love. KAI is a place for dreamers, always looking to the horizon for the next adventure.”
Originally published in the Summer 2025 issue of Spoke+Blossom.