September 2014

September 25 to October 2, 2014      Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter      Evening: Mercury, Mars, Saturn The first full week of autumn is upon us. Hello to awesome Indian Summer! I love this time of year. The pulling, poignant beauty of the season hits me deep - heart...

Health technology writer Mark Sullivan takes a look at the potential of Apple's HealthKit technology in this VentureBeat article, a potential he sees as pretty significant. We’re at the end of the beginning of a consumer-centric health revolution — and so far, it’s been pretty boring. With...

Brian Barrett, Editor in Chief, at Gizmondo offers up 8 very compelling reasons why, if you’re not already, you should be drinking boxed wine. Any possible objection you have to boxed wine is wrong, and I am here to tell you why. It's better than you remember. Let's...

Telluride Science Research Center signs agreement to lease with Town of Telluride for 17,500 square foot site The Board of Directors of the Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC) announce today the signing of an Agreement to Lease with the Town of Telluride to bring the only independent,...

This October marks the end of a three-year, 1.6 million, grant that brought increased focus on health and wellness for students in Telluride and Norwood. The Telluride Medical Center (TMC) was awarded a coveted Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) grant from the U.S. Department...

                        A long time ago, when I was twenty-something and at the apex of my carefree partying lifestyle, I was shocked to learn that an older friend of mine—a mother of two—smoked pot. “But, you’re a mom!” I said. “How do you think I can play Candyland...

Michelle Higgins, who covers residential real estate for The New York Times, writes about the changing times in Brooklyn.  What was once an affordable alternative to living in Manhattan, is becoming too expensive for many. By many measures, Jeff Huston and his wife, Lisa Medvedik-Huston, arrived...

As reported in the Denver Post,  Quentin Tarantino's latest film will be shot entirely in the Schmid Ranch, Wilson Mesa area beginning in early December.  "The Hateful Eight" takes place just after the Civil War and is about bounty hunters trying to find shelter during a...

From the Dallas News comes this article which outlines the 10 most outstanding Texas wine values. Revving up for Texas Wine Month in October, the wine panel looked for outstanding Texas wines that are good values. We sampled a cross-section of the wines made with Texas...

Mallory Paige's article in Gear Junkie shares about an eco-friendly company in Portland Oregon that uses old bike tubes to make dog collars. Cyclist Lanette Fidrych wanted to keep rubber out of landfills. Where most saw a useless piece of trash, she saw a sturdy, pliable, non-absorbent...