November 2013

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] At Christ Church we now conduct an adult spiritual education program on Sunday mornings, 8:30-9:30 AM. We enjoy a continental breakfast, one another’s company, and the freedom of open and unfettered discussion. The materials we are using for our current...

November 21 to 28, 2013   Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter    Evening: Venus  Spirited, impetuous Sagittarius follows on the heels of seductive, charismatic Scorpio, lighting fires of desire and intention spawned in the mysterious wells of soul and psyche. Scorpio is deep and dark, while Sagittarius...

It’s not easy for an adult to pack a backpack for a week-long trip in the desert. It’s even harder to try and organize 15 middle school students and do this. But that’s exactly what the Telluride Mountain School does every year at just about...

[caption id="attachment_36071" align="alignright" width="300"] Mosier, foreground, down toward Hood River[/caption] Stay tuned…. There will be a Telluride connection… Always is. Mosier, Oregon: The population of Mosier, Oregon was not always 421. There were even fewer people, about 280 locals, living in the picturesque hamlet when Arlene Burns discovered the...

Thickening clouds are beginning to stream into the San Juans today with a moisture source stretching from Hawaii.  The first wave of energy in the Great Basin should reach us by mid to late afternoon today bringing the potential of snow, 4-8″ with a bit...

[caption id="attachment_36051" align="alignright" width="300"] Hobbes[/caption] There are some myths out there regarding caring and training pets. Here at Second Chance Humane Society, as part of our outreach and education to make the world a more petcentric place, we would like to dispel these myths for the...

One of the great things about travel is finding a jewel you didn't even know you were looking for. Case in point: Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon. Susan and I were returning from our trip to Thailand and Vietnam, had stopped...

[caption id="attachment_36040" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit: Ken Neubecker[/caption] Today, under the leadership of Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Tom McClintock (R-CA) in the House Natural Resources Committee, high-profile legislators with anti-environment track records and agendas voted almost strictly along party lines to move a bill forward that...

[caption id="attachment_36033" align="alignright" width="300"] Dern and Payne on set of "Nebraska" (from Spinoff Online)[/caption] Ok, alright. I admit it. I am biased. First screened at the Telluride Film Festival, we did handstands for Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" – and have been waiting for others to join in...