February 2014

[caption id="attachment_37846" align="alignright" width="300"] Telluride Monks, Amy Levek[/caption] The Chimera of legend was a monstrous, fire-breathing creature composed of the parts of three animals, a lion, a snake and a goat. Today the term has come to describe any fictional beast with parts taken from various...

[caption id="attachment_37870" align="alignright" width="300"] Lizard Head Peak from San Juan Basin[/caption] One down. Eleven to go. And the Telluride Historical Museum keeps up the pace this month. See below for what is happening in February. Victorian Valentines: Tuesday, February 11, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Come with a song in...

Editor's note: Jerry Roberts sent an update to this forecast this morning. New models now predict 6-10" of new snow for the San Juans.   Clouds are beginning to invade southwestern Colorado tonight from the west as a Pacific low pressure trough slides down the California coast...

Planning a great date night is not always easy. Feel like you've been there done that with just about every adventure that comes to mind? With Valentine's Day just around the corner, here are "10 Ways to Surprise Your Spouse," we discovered in "The Nest."  1. Stuff...

[caption id="attachment_37856" align="alignright" width="300"] Powder Date[/caption] It's easy to dismiss Valentine's Day. It falls quickly on the heels of Christmas and at quick glance, can be misjudged as another holiday masquerading as a day about love when really it's a day about buying things. And with...

Here's one for all you trivia buffs. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club was established the late 19th century: 1887 to be exact. Say what, you say? Get out of your hole. That is the fraternity dedicated to the only true weather forecasting groundhog on the planet,...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] A concept that I find in a variety of spiritual traditions, including Christianity, is mysticism. It is the assertion that what we most deeply seek in our spiritual lives is something that is already real and true and has...