March 2014

Telluride is a winter playground. The skiing is obvious. But what might not be so obvious, especially to the common visitor, are all of the other ways to explore this majestic valley, especially with kids and especially in the winter. Enter Eco Adventures. Based in the...

With all the fervor over the current construction of our new Dog Den we felines, far superior beings to the slobbering obnoxious dogs, have been feeling a bit cast in the shadows. Although cats did get a huge upgrade when Second Chance moved out here...

  Warming temperatures and sunshine today through most of Thursday then increasing high cloudiness & windy tomorrow.  The next system from the NW will enter western Colorado on shifting southwest winds late Thursday evening/early Friday morning bringing 4-8" of snow favoring W aspects above TL (possibly...

It's all about bodacious shapes: some look like escapees from a story by Dr. Seuss; others are unapologetically voluptuous. Goedele Vanhille is a longtime, regional ceramicist whose phantasmagorical vessels amount to jewel-colored surrealistic paintings-in-the-round that allude to their modest ancestry: squash and gourds, aubergine, pears, and...

You've heard it before: when one door closes, another opens. This wonderfully affirming, informative blog by Carolyn Gregoire in Huff Post Healthy Living about 'The 9 Essential Habits of Mentally Strong People" is a guide to turning the lemons life hands you into lemonade. In 1914, Thomas...

March shows at Ah Haa feature Goedele Vanhille and a Kenyan "Slum Art Slam" Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk is a very good reason to go for a stroll. Galleries, eateries and art spaces celebrate artists and their work on the first Thursday of each...

Telluride Adaptive Sports Program holds it's big Winter fund-raiser Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Sheridan Opera House. Doors open at 6 p.m. Why should you go? Full disclosure: I'm biased. I've been a member of the TASP team for 15 seasons. And I have been...

Well, Telluride.  Judging from the lines at any movie, people who make the popcorn seem to know what they are doing. Apparently so do the people who put together the Telluride Film Festival. [caption id="attachment_38653" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "12 Years a Slave" team after winning Best Pic. (Image,...

The San Miguel Resource Center's Phenomenal Women's Week in Telluride, this year, March 2 – March 8, coincides with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. The celebration is dedicated toward promoting gender equality globally by acting locally. [caption id="attachment_38639" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image, a spoof of artist...