June 2013

[caption id="attachment_31363" align="alignright" width="198"] Bell flowers[/caption] Learn to identify at least 45 native plants, scientific names, characteristics of plant families and how to “key out” and ID plants in the field and discover how to use natives in your home landscape and protect against invasive non-native...

The Telluride Medical Center (TMC) announced this month two new doctors to the Emergency and Primary Care teams, Dr. Simon Kotylar, MD, and Dr. Heather Linder, MD. Dr. Kotlyar, board certified in emergency medicine, brings 10 years experience working in a high acuity Level-I trauma center....

Kale is not a traditional breakfast food. There’s a good reason for that—when you set up a breakfast buffet with eggs benedict, bacon, waffles, and kale, you can probably guess which thing won’t end up on someone’s plate. So the first day of the cleanse, when...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church, is native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987. For 16 years, Pat served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He is also an Iraq...

I came upon this great article today in Renegade Health and wanted to share what could be good news. In it, Dr. J.E. Williams poses (and largely answers) this question: Could vitamin B supplements be the key to preventing Alzheimer’s disease and preserving brain health? [caption...

June 6 to 13, 2013       Visible planets: Morning: none        Evening: Mercury, Venus, Saturn “The same, only different.” - Anonymous How many times have I heard that said, or said it myself? Hundreds, maybe thousands. It refers to so, so many things, and certainly describes how I’m feeling...

[caption id="attachment_31265" align="alignleft" width="277"] Qalito Island, Fiji[/caption] “Malama i ke kai, a malama ke kai ia oe.” The translation of that centuries-old olelo noeau (Hawaiian proverb) is this: “Care for the ocean and the ocean will care for you.” Hawaiians believe it is their cultural kuleana (responsibility) to...

  [caption id="attachment_31277" align="alignright" width="300"] Dan Castellenata, in town for the Telluride Playwrights Festival[/caption] Sparky Productions' summer programming begins Tuesday, June 11, at the Palm Theatre, where SPARKy presents "This House" by James Graham. The is a live simulcast of a National Theatre of Great Britain’s theatrical...

[caption id="attachment_31284" align="alignright" width="200"] Sawyer[/caption] Second Chance Humane Society has been invited to participate in the "No Barriers Summit" coming to Telluride August 8-11. The Summit is designed to “bring together a community of participants who embrace their barriers and learn to harness them for their own...