November 2012

The holidays are full of booby traps. There is family; there are in-laws; and there are expectations. To negotiate the holiday minefield, many families have rules. Some are verbalized, some are implied and some are simply made up on the spot out of necessity. The...

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...

November 22 to 28, 2012      Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury and Mars  Happy Thanksgiving! The Sagittarius zodiac month is all about gratitude, taking a look around our lives and finding the multitude of blessings surrounding us. This week I'm indulging myself in that...

[caption id="attachment_25283" align="alignright" width="275"] Flags flying outside the United Nations[/caption] Sometimes, as a happily willing participant in humanity’s evolving global experiment on Earth, I “imagine” or more accurately I conduct a comparative analysis of protocol indicators over time to theorize the present and future needs of...

Think Head First brings a comprehensive and cutting edge concussion protocol to the Med Center In November, the Telluride Medical Center announced a partnership with Think Head First to offer a comprehensive concussion management program to the Telluride community. The Think Head First program manages mild head...

Editor's note: Katie Singer of  the Telluride Foundation circulated the following story, featuring new Venture Accelerator Program. Read it and celebrate all the Foundation does in our region and beyond. And if you are an entrepreneur, one day you might want to apply. Telluride launches accelerator...

Editor’s note: Our favorite Wordwoman, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, goes straight to the heart of what Thanksgiving is all about with her message of gratitude for more than stuffing and gravy. For love. (Rosemerry’s books of poems are carried at Between the Covers Bookstore, Telluride.) To...

Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is, like Wordwoman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. And like Rosemerry, is brilliant and very very quirky. Witness his contribution for Thanksgiving, not a Feela original – though David certainly 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...