October 31 to November 7, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter Evening: Venus Happy Halloween and blessed Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead - All Souls Day and All Saints Day; we commemorate the living and dead, those who have come...
[caption id="attachment_35659" align="alignright" width="240"] Lunch with Esther[/caption] It was a typical day about town with a friend: morning tea, a round of errands, a long lunch, a visit to a museum, shopping, and a massage. Typical if the friend is Esther White. And the town, Chiang Mai. Esther – ...
What would you feed me, what complements the sweet amber whiskey you pour on my tomb? Remember me with persimmons, pomegranates, ripe amorous figs. Cut through a rare skirt-steak ancho-rubbed, sealed with oils of poblano and olive. Paint my skull rich turquoise like the deepest part of the Colorado River, flowers of...
[caption id="attachment_35641" align="alignright" width="300"] Kodiak[/caption] About 5 years ago I was abandoned by my people. They had to leave town-- I am sure for very good reason-- and they felt that they couldn’t bring me along. Fortunately, I was found and taken to Second Chance Humane...
[caption id="attachment_35627" align="alignright" width="240"] Pasith[/caption] This time credit goes to our sometime Telluride neighbor Sunny Griffin, owner of Astara Cosmetics, also a resident of Chiang Mai, Thailand. She told us in no uncertain terms that we could not leave Bangkok without a day trip to Damnoen Saduak...
Witching is the process of searching for and locating the lost, holding a twig that dips and twitches as it points to its mysterious pleasure. And I’ll admit, I’ve tried. Picked up a forked stick, moved slowly about the yard, but all I found was the root of a tree where the stick probably...
Here's an interesting take on the future of biotech by Dick Pelletier, that appeared in the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, New you in ten years: biotech leads the way: In just ten years, older citizens might look in the mirror and ask, “Who is...
Trail Runner Resse Ruland the co-race director for The Telluride Mountain Run explores the various trail running routes in this iRunFar.com post, Trail Running Around Lake City, Colorado: You see, I thought I was being very clever by starting my personal Pro Leisure Tour (PLT) exactly where I...
Day #2 began with a ride in a long-tailed boat along the canals of Chaophraya River, a rite of passage for Bangkok virgins. The tour guide representative at our hotel, again the Royal Orchid Sheraton, arranged the hour-long tour. Long-tailed boats or Ruea hang Yao are a...
Just because it’s off-season in Telluride doesn’t mean you can’t still go out and find some fun. This Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd, at 7:30 PM, The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Montrose’s Timshel Theatre present “The Oldest Profession” at the historic Sheridan Opera...
