That Telluriders love to dress up is no secret. And by dress up, we don’t mean suits and ties and pretty dresses. With KOTO’s 37th Annual Halloween Bash happening this Friday, October 26th, it’s more like monsters and animals and Internet memes and zombies and...
When I think of the 80’s, three things come to mind: peg-leg jeans, Michael Jackson, and Ghostbusters. The film Ghostbusters was the first movie that I ever went to without my parents. Sitting in the dark theater beside my best friend, Brad, I tried to...
[caption id="attachment_24445" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chez Steel, Provence[/caption] When Peter Mayle moved to Provence over 20 years ago, his idea was to write, yes, but a novel, not a memoir that put his adopted hometown dead center of any tourist's map of Provence. For better or for...
It’s rare to have an artist on your iPod that you listen to while running and while relaxing. But bluegrass musician Abigail Washburn is just that. Her clawhammer banjo-infused tunes and soulful voice are at once soothing and uplifting. Peaceful and energizing. [caption id="attachment_24412" align="alignright" width="300"]...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
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...
I never would have imagined that I would own a gun. Growing up on the east coast, I thought guns were things that people used to rob convenience stores or impress other gang members. Guns were bad, I believed. Why would I ever want to...
Many of us loved journalist Molly Ivins for her political commentary and wit. The New York Times wrote in their obituary for Molly Ivins: “After Patrick J. Buchanan, as a conservative candidate for president, declared at the 1992 Republican National Convention that the United States was...
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I’m a bit obsessed about food issues – from where our food comes from, to how we regulate it, to how we prepare it, to how we eat it. Human and environmental health, justice and ethics, sustainability, economics are integrally related to food. Food is...
