October 2013

[caption id="attachment_35380" align="alignright" width="300"] Village People (after)[/caption] Looked outside lately? There's snow in the high country (yippee!!) and at times, on the ground. T-shirt weather is definitely over – at least as far as anyone can say anything definite about the weather.  But before offseason and...

When I first heard about the government shutdown, I thought of all those people who would be affected in Washington DC and New York -- all of those people who live in the real world. Those of us living in the west were protected by that...

[caption id="attachment_35364" align="alignright" width="300"] Trevor Hall, president, Creative Visions Foundation[/caption] His proud mother, Judy Hall, is a longtime Telluride local, which meant son Trevor spent a lot of time in town. So, when we received an email about Trevor's relatively recent TEDxPacific Palisades TEDxTalk, we thought...

[caption id="attachment_35353" align="alignright" width="252"] Jenny Morgan, "You To Me"[/caption] "Having been interested in painting the figure for most of my artistic life, I hope to create an emotional response in each piece. Inventing new ways of looking at our oldest and most classic subject matter is always...

It’s not easy for a wolf to don sheep’s clothing. It’s much the same for a man trying to squeeze himself into a woman’s brassiere. But that’s exactly what a few fabulous men will be doing next Thursday, October 17th, for the 4th annual Ah...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a 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...

As the fall film festival whirligig draws to a close, the co-directors of the Telluride Film Festival must feel vindicated by the plaudits being heaped on many of their picks, including the technical tour de force and blockbuster-in-the-making, "Gravity." Here's the Rappler's spin, by KD...

Susan and I just returned from family travel in the East to find about 4 inches of snow on the ground here in the valley. The skies lightened today and on a quick trip to town I was struck by the brilliant wavy bands of...

It's off-season in name only. It is business as usual at the Wilkinson Public Library. Monday, October 14, 5:30 p.m.  The Law Office of Brown & Brown P.C. is back in town with the second part of a four-part legal workshop series, which takes place the Monday of...

October 10 to 17, 2013   Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter    Evening: Venus  Chilling frosts and a deep freeze announced the end of our yearly growing season. Gardening on the high mountain mesas of southwestern Colorado is always challenging. Every year and season brings a different...