Yes, please DO tell us if our slip is showing! Sometimes this project feels a bit like trying to hang onto the tail of a tiger and occasionally the result is that there may be some aspect of functionality or how it looks to you,...
A little canoodling between two local nonprofits is not a bad thing – especially when considering the alternatives, such as more nail-biting over the kerfuffle on Wall Street.
The Telluride Choral Society and the Telluride Dance Academy offer a gentler, more melodic alternative to the drum roll leading up to Tuesday’s presidential election: their upcoming MasterWorks concert, “A Celebration of the Seasons,” should be a refreshing pause from the headlines in general.
Since this is such a complex ballot, I’ve been asked by a number of citizens for my ballot endorsements this election. I’m not going to add more verbiage to your burden, but simply provide a cheat sheet for those who are interested in how I will be voting (or supporting, if I’m not in a voting district). Look to others for explanations.
Granted, it's a bit of a letdown to have my parents gone back to Telluride but their absence has also given me some time to reflect over the past couple of weeks. Here is what I notice first and foremost - we work well together. There are strong opinions on all sides that sometimes differ, yes - and through it all we share a common value of wanting to achieve "rightness" more than we want as individuals to be right. Perception of who is right or wrong doesn't even enter into it.
It's a great value to have and it helps keep us moving the right direction. No one is afraid to ask anyone else to explain themselves and if the reasoning is logical, that's the way we go. If both sides have merit, we look for other ways to accomplish seemingly contradictory objectives. I've worked in enough different corporate environments over the years to recognize when colleagues are able to establish an appropriate sympatico/challenging balance and this seems to be it.
Ok, maybe not Seattle exactly, but across the lake in Bellevue, last night Clint and I hooked up with part-time Telluride local and former Mountainfilm director Arlene Chester Burns at the Bellevue Art Museum. The get-together was to celebrate the opening of an exhibition of...
Alacazem
By Cynthia Hansen Zehm
October 16 to 23, 2008
Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury and Saturn
Evening: Venus and Jupiter
The October Hunter’s Moon has come and gone and forests are paved with gold. Snowy white caps the mountain peaks and changing seasons bring impending winter’s first bald eagles back to the wild west end. In the the night sky, we are blessed with the grace of shimmering Venus above the western horizon at dusk, and brilliant Jupiter at zenith. Check out these two bright, bright "evening stars" and identify their travels over the next few months. Excellent way to make friends with our planetary neighbors! May your days be warm and your evenings cozy. Happy, peaceful, joyful, prosperous Autumn!
Sus interviewing Amb. Richard Holbrooke For me, it is difficult to leave Telluride in any season, but particularly so in the Autumn. In the few days we were home between travels, Susan and I spent every possible moment outdoors, mostly hiking in the...
Telluride Inside and Out had its unofficial, squishy launch in August, 2008, just after I returned from the second installment of my Viniyoga teacher training session. (Two down, two to go.)
A new owner had acquired The Daily Planet, the local newspaper I had worked for for 15 years and my future as a contributor looked about as clear as mud. My first response to the lemon life seemed to be handing me was to pucker. Encouraged by my family, which includes two very smart, geeky, cyber savvy daughters, my next thought was to make lemonade: create a blog that will evolve organically over time into an e-zine. The idea seemed to make good sense in the context of the shrinking world of conventional media: the universe of online information/social networking platforms is experiencing a Big Boom.
The new venture would be a family affair.
Alacazem
By Cynthia Hansen Zehm
October 9 to 16, 2008
Visible Planets: Morning: Saturn
Evening: Venus and Jupiter
Celestial Phenomena: The Full "Hunters" Moon comes to fruition on Oct. 14th @ 2:02 p.m. [21º51'Libra/Aries]; Mercury resumes forward motion on Oct. 15th @ 2:06 p.m. [7º36' Libra]; Venus enters Sagittarius on Oct. 18th @ 11:31 a.m.
I took a drive over the Dallas Divide last week and was absolutely stunned by the magnificent October colors. (See the recently posted Viebrock photo - exactly where I was!) Golds, greens, reds and oranges ablaze in the morning sun. How lucky to live in this verdantly beautiful place, where Mother Nature is a constant companion and life is dictated by her moods. Today, cold autumn winds whip across the mesa and leaves dance and whirl, falling to their places of winter slumber. Halloween is just around the corner and witches are collecting potions for their Samhain brews. Good luck and may full lunar force of the October Hunter's Moon be with you!
Telluride in Autumn Susan and I do a fair amount of travel out of Telluride, both for family visits (as in this case) and for the opportunity to see some different country or another culture. On our way to see daughter Kimm and...
