October 2012

Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore. We implored David to send...

[caption id="attachment_23658" align="alignright" width="180"] Zach in front of a glacier[/caption] On the weekend of September 7th and 8th, my family and I went camping in the mountains with some friends and some other families. There were a few girls my age who were Camille's friends and...

Clearing immigration in London, the suit at the desk wanted to know why anyone (in their right mind) would travel to London to get to France. Good question. Simple answer: Clint and I travel on passes. Based on the loads, the odds of getting to...

I’ve visited Moab lots. I’ve climbed off Pot Ash Road, rafted the Daily Run, biked on Slick Rock and Poison Spider and camped with my family alongside the Colorado River. But, I’ve never experienced Moab like I did last weekend at the Sorrel River Ranch. Located...

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...

This week, I attended the Land Trust Alliance’s annual Rally to moderate a panel on ecosystem based management, ocean use planning, and conservation. While there, I got the chance to see several other presentations, including one about an impressive program in Puerto Rico, where a...

It’s official. The new hot color of the season is maroon. Maroon is making a head-to-toe hit for many reasons. First of all, it’s been a while since we’ve seen maroon in fashion. Other colors and trends have been recycled time and again, but maroon has...

October 4 to 11, 2012       Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Mars and Saturn October! The month of falling leaves, golden forests and the glorious days of Indian Summer. I love October. After all, it’s the month I chose to enter this world...

[caption id="attachment_23697" align="alignleft" width="224"] Trad Cotter[/caption] Trad and Olga Cotter were in Telluride in August for Shroomfest, touting among other things the three mushroom infusion we tasted brewed into Smuggler Joe's Red Ale. The Cotters own and operate Mushroom Mountain, part farm, part research facility located...