Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts held its 17th Annual Art Auction Friday night, July 24. The natives turned out in force – and in costume – and the overall event was a colorful and smashing success. Ah Haa is still tallying...
The Big Green Bus was on Main Street, Telluride for a few hours on Monday, July 27. Did you see it? The Bus is decked out with sustainable bamboo flooring, recycled glass counters, solar panels on the top to feed the systems on board, and its diesel engine has been modified to run on used cooking oil, filtered enough to keep the oil moving through the engine.
The mission of the Big Green Bus is to show how environmentally sound practices can positively impact our carbon footprint, and to encourage people to think about innovative solutions to climate change.
(editor's note: Telluride gathered to say goodbye to Jack Carey on Saturday, July 25. Many spoke for us: Jack's brothers, daughter, friends; Monica touched our hearts in describing their life together and the unspeakable loss of a love taken too soon. TIO has chosen to let the words of Pamela and her son Gabe represent us in our farewell to Jack.)
When the going gets tough, Telluride gets going. It was as tough as it gets on Saturday, when the town had to bury a favorite son: Captain Jack Carey, a renowned skier and paraglider, our Icarus – only it was not the sun that got him. It was a truck. He was on a bike, a relatively new toy and joy – but Jack turned everyone and everything into joy.
Joy, a lust for life, respect for all living things, especially those he loved, especially Monica and his family, those are Jack's legacy and lesson.
Pamela Lifton-Zoline is another town treasure: a painter and writer of science fiction, children's books, libretti for two operas – and a stunning tribute to Captain Jack that follows:
Monday, July 27, Dartmouth's Big Green Bus plans to make a stop in Telluride. The vehicle, home for a group of 15 hand-picked Dartmouth students left campus on June 16. Before returning home to New Hampshire, the Big Green Bus will clock more than 12,000 miles through 40 states.
The Big Green Bus is not the first famous bus in America's history. "Further" was a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964, for $1,500. "Further" was stripped down and remodeled inside and out for a psychedelic journey across the country with Kesey and his Merry Pranksters on board and up to no good. (Further made a guest appearance at Woodstock.)
More than 30 western mountain towns, including Telluride, have been participating in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Reusable Bag Challenge since March 1st. In Grand County, the towns of Winter Park, Fraser and Granby are participating together. This is a friendly competition between the ski towns to see which community uses the most reusable bags in a six month period. Organizers have collaborated with local businesses and grocery stores in an effort to kick the bag habit. In Grand County, more that 90,000 bags have been tallied to date with over 12,000 people exposed to the challenge county wide.
Telluride turned out in force to say goodbye to a beloved friend today. It may have rained in Town Park, but the hang gliders and parachuters flew, and the whole town was there to share stories, tell about long-ago meetings, of findings and leavings. Jack,...
Telluride Inside and Out's expert dog trainer Ted Hoff is finally emerging from the nursery. To date in his series, Dog's Best Friend,Ted has talked exclusively about bringing up baby: How to train a pup. With this post, he begins to talk about specific breeds starting with the very popular Retrievers, Labs and Goldens.Author James Michener wrote about the introduction of Labs to Maryland in his novel "Chesapeake":
"A moment later the stevedore appeared on deck leading by a leash one of the most handsome dogs ever seen in Maryland. He was jet-black, sturdy in his front quarters, sleek and powerful in his hind, with a face so intelligent that it seemed he might speak at any moment. His movements were quick, his dark eyes following every development nearby, yet his disposition appeared so equable he seemed always about to smile.
"'He's called a Labrador,' Lightfoot said. 'Finest huntin' dog ever developed.'"
Listen, Telluride: I understand dogs and cats, but frankly I find it tough to embrace this whole subject. Then again, I am a mere humanoid, not a cephalopod with a large head and tentacles, especially tentacles. And I am not Telluride's SquidShow Theatre company founder,...
July 23 to 30, 2009
Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Mars and Jupiter Evening: Mercury and Saturn
Honoring a Brother-In-Arms, Walking on the Moon and Feeling Our Cancer-ruled Emotions
We humans are emotional creatures – the Buddhists use the term “sentient beings” – and we are subject to waves, and sometimes even oceans of emotion.
The Cancer zodiac month, and the three consecutive lunations that took place in Cancer recently - two of which were eclipses - illuminate and constellate the strong connection and partnership that emotions have with the human body, mind and spirit. Cancer is ruled by the Moon, and those born under the sign of Cancer are referred to as Moonchildren. Is it any wonder that man walking on the Moon and Michael Jackson’s moonwalk have been subjects of collective awareness lately?
Synchronistically, both space age and pop icon moonwalkers bring up plenty of Cancer-fueled emotions. The first contrasts the security, familiarity and comfort of our home planet Earth with the austere, life-forbidding landscape of the Moon. The second reminds us of our primal urge for attention, recognition and praise. Both generate feelings of wonder and awe, shining light upon the personal desire for security and stability, comfort and belonging. We are awakened to our inherent fragility and dependency upon a safe, nurturing, life-sustaining environment in which we can develop, blossom and grow. And emotions play the primary role in determining our quotients of well-being.
Recently a very good friend – a member of our extended family - passed from this world on to the world of spirit. His 3D, physical-body earthwalk has ended. He is now walking in another realm, flying in a different dimension.
Mother Teresa and Princess Diana both passed on during the Virgo eclipse cycle of 1996. My own beautiful, sweet niece Lise passed on during the Scorpio eclipse cycle of 1994. Captain Jack Carey, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Arturo Giatti and Walter Cronkite passed on during the recent eclipse cycle in Cancer.
On Friday, July 24, starting at 5 pm, Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts holds its 17th annual art auction. The fun-raiser is one of the biggest and best parties of the summer season. The theme, "Celebrate Art: Be the Artist You Want To Be," reminds us what the school is all about. "Ah Haa" is an interjection of success – but success can be defined in any number of ways.
Success to Alpine Bank, the title sponsor of the auction, is not just measured in terms of assets on hand. The institution, unique among banks, is all about sustainable growth and supporting non-profits such as Ah Haa that make a difference in the greater community. Success might be a sibling catching his brother or sister in a lie: "Ah Haa! gotcha." Success may be getting the punch line of a joke: "Ah Haa! I get it." Success may be seeing someone or something in an altogether different light.
