Did you know that mushrooms are the richest non-animal food source of Vitamin D, and chanterelles, which grow in the Telluride region, are among the species containing the highest levels (also maitake and morel)? Plus they taste good. How good? The Telluride Mushroom Festival (TMF) is...
August 8 to 15, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury Evening: Jupiter, Saturn Every year I find myself looking forward to August 7th - the exact point of mid-summer – the yearly Leo cross-quarter day [when the Sun is @ 15º Leo], the halfway mark between...
[caption id="attachment_33821" align="alignright" width="300"] Tradd Cotter[/caption] Political infighting, upheavals in the Mideast, fallen idols; all the brooding headlines don't change the fact that hope for the planet springs eternal – from the ground up. We are talking about mycelia and their fruit, mushrooms. Just ask winning...
[caption id="attachment_33811" align="alignright" width="300"] Zone 1 design[/caption] From week one at hot and dry Redlands Mesa to week two on Tomten Farm where both rain and temperatures fell, the fourth annual Permaculture Design Course was an exercise in adaptation and flexibility. Thirteen students, twelve permaculture principles,...
What's within you is stronger than what's in your way...
Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both...
[caption id="attachment_33803" align="alignleft" width="300"] Porter[/caption] Second Chance Humane Society has always taken a strong stance against de-clawing cats (which involves amputation of the first knuckle) as it is inhumane, painful, and can lead to long term suffering and negative behavioral changes in cats. We have found that...
[caption id="attachment_33790" align="alignright" width="300"] Mudd Butts, Initiation Day, with Zach and Jolie in the crowd.[/caption] Ask anyone who has ever attended the Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts Mystery Drama Troupe and they will tell you that theater is the ultimate learning tool – and not just because...
[caption id="attachment_33781" align="alignright" width="172"] Kathy Green's fantasy flowers on gold sarong batik on silk, Photo by Joe Skalsky[/caption] Shake your head in disbelief. Or clap your hands for joy. Makes no never mind. Telluride does indeed have one more festival, this one artfully woven into town's...
[caption id="attachment_33757" align="alignright" width="300"] Tashi at work[/caption] Our Pinhead Institute is a science-based educational organization whose mission is to build science literacy by connecting people to the natural world through interactive educational programs taught by world-renowned scientists and enthusiastic educators, mentors, and volunteers. Each year, Pinhead,...
