September 2012

"How about these numbers," exclaimed Mountainfilm in Telluride in its 2010 program. "Americans spent $165 billion on consumer electronics in 2010, and we bought more than 260,000 computers a day. E-waste is the fastest-growing stream of waste in the world (there are approximately 40 million...

God Speaks to Each of Us God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like flame and make big...

40th reunion show at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art [caption id="attachment_23327" align="alignleft" width="171"] "Approaching Autumn," Elaine Frenette[/caption] Author Tom Wolfe coined the term that defined the era when Americans transitioned from lives focused on community or tribe (think "Hair") to "run-with-the-loot" individualism. The 1970s was the "Me...

A few years ago I swore I'd never miss another Telluride autumn. And I meant it. But life is what happens while you're making plans and life dictated that we would be on the road a lot this fall. We had just finished a two week...

[caption id="attachment_23188" align="alignright" width="300"] Katie and Anna, by Clean Virginia Waterways[/caption] Saturday morning, I got up early and hopped on my bike to ride from the District down to Daingerfield Island, which is not really an island but is a National Park just south of Washington...

Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...

September 20 to 27, 2012      Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn Autumn Equinox - September 22, 2012 - a day of celestial equilibrium and balance, a time for looking at our own lives as we live them here on Earth and...

[caption id="attachment_23238" align="alignleft" width="300"] Adin, California[/caption] Susan and I left Telluride for the first leg of our Fall travel right after Telluride Film Festival. Our first stop was Scottsdale to visit friends. I did get in one nice bike ride through the Greenway that cuts through...

So last week… Last week was big. I started normal school – earlier it was a different deal for the kids who skied – went for two bike rides, mushroom hunting, a hike, and tried my luck on the luge. And there is even more coming...