September 2012

This week's fashion blast is going to make vegans very very happy. Leather pants are back. But this time they are affordable. Not to mention comfortable and breathable. Hold back that spray paint. Here's the punch line: THEY ARE NOT REALLY LEATHER. Introducing the "leatherette," the newest fabrication for fall. With...

[caption id="attachment_23175" align="alignright" width="300"] Crossaint, Megeve[/caption] Today is my 21st day in France, the end of my third week. I think it is safe to say that by now I know a little about the food and will consequently write about it. The food system here is...

Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...

To make his point, Victor Garlock, Ph.D. and author, tells a whale of a tale in a metaphor drawn from the Polynesian culture: "Standing on a whale fishing for minnows." Minnows, he explains, are life's noises, the distractions our mind and senses glom onto everyday that...

One song really sums up my feelings about the seasons in Telluride. "If Ever I Would Leave You" is a love song, yes, but not just to a queen from her lover. It is a love song to the seasons in the mythical kingdom of...

Every year the Wilkinson Public Library provides free screenings of documentaries produced by the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Independent Lens." The program known as "ITVS Community Cinema" first came to the library in Fall 2010 thanks Sharon Shuteran, a major supporter of the Wilkinson and the former...

Seven regions to test unique investment in coordinated primary care In support of more effective, more affordable, higher quality health care, 500 primary care practices in seven regions were selected to participate in a new partnership between payers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

HUD Announces Recipients of Inaugural Secretary’s Award for Community Foundations THE U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in partnership with the Council on Foundations, recognized The Telluride Foundation as one of 10 recipients of the first annual Secretary’s Award for Community Foundations. The award...

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...