January 2012

I have been working on a doctoral degree for nine years.  This is in addition to my three years of study in a different doctoral program in the early 90’s, a program I had to abandon due to the demands of my ministry at that...

It’s easy to fall into a slump in a ski town when it doesn’t snow. The buzz around town is gloomy, and all anyone can talk about is why the storms aren’t coming. Global warming? Arctic pressure? La Nina? But one great activity you can still...

My five-year old daughter is playing ice hockey, a sport with which, until recently, I had no experience. As a former teacher, ski and soccer coach, it’s weird watching my daughter do something I know very little about: I don’t have tips, I don’t know...

What's more fun than watching a pup playing on ice? Give up? I couldn't think of anything either. So check out Ted Hoff's video this week, of young Labs playing on a frozen pond at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. Just in case you thought life...

Friday, January 13, 2012—15:00 A change in the weather looks immanent.  Two vigorous storm systems will be approaching Colorado on Sunday with clouds increasing from the SW throughout the day.  The persistent high pressure dome begins to break down as the subtropical jet pushes a closed...

Yesterday we did a lot of looking again, this time thinking outside the frame as it were. We were not focused on paintings, but on clothes. My friend and I determined to shop until we dropped. January is the month the government sets for sales. In...

Lawry de Bivort is a long-time part-time Tellurider, and is just now making Telluride his "real" home. Like so many in this worldly community, Lawry has several other dimensions to his being. While most of us were watching TV coverage of the uprisings called the...

January 12 to 19, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Mars and Saturn  Evening: The middle of January delivers a waning Moon, waxing daylight and a winning Bronco team – at least this week! Ha! I can’t resist the temptation to weigh in on the “Tebow Train” and...