April 2015

For the post several weeks, I have been spending time, about 20 minutes a day, with Oprah and Deepak, following the latest in their series of guided meditation practices - and loving it. Meditation quiets the noise in my head, calms and clarifies. The list of...

Going to Disneyland? Don’t get me started: spring break, wall of noise, sea of people, long lines, hot. If only our activities in the park could have been confined to our grandson’s marching band,  strutting its stuff to the delight of the crowds, all would...

It must be a sign of the times. Boomers all over the world in the fall and winter of their lives seek reassurance: it’s not over ’til it’s over, right? [caption id="attachment_49904" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Snow Storm—Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth, exhibited 1842, J. M. W. Turner,...

Photographers, painters, mapmakers and more coming to Memorial Day weekend festival A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and an amputee painter from Rwanda are all among the dynamic and diverse lineup of artists who will be featured at the 2015 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. [caption id="attachment_49975" align="aligncenter" width="400"]...

“Don’t let him play so close to the edge!” I warned. “He’s fine,” said my husband. He gets frustrated by my helicopter parenting, the way I constantly hover too close, trying to protect the kids. “Okay,” I fumed. “But he’s gonna fall in.” KERPLOP! He emerged from...

April 9 to 16, 2015  Visible planets: Morning: Saturn   Evening: Venus, Mars, Jupiter It’s howling wind outside and Spring has sprung. I’ve been thinking about the world, and how much it seems to have changed since the Mayan Long Count Calendar end date of December 21,...

Task Force makes Med Center recommendations to Mountain Village Council and Design Review Board The latest of several public meetings hosted by the Town of Mountain Village to evaluate initial site plans for a new medical facility in Mountain Village were held last week. The first meetings...

The Telluride Foundation announces several great workshops and an ED Breakfast coming up in late April & May. RSVP if you haven’t already: 1) Great Strategic Planning for Mission Impact Part of the “Great Governance” series sponsored by Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days, this session will be taught by Kelleen...

Now that Telluride’s official ski season 2015 is really and truly over and done, you may be heading out of town for a Big City fix. A little splash-splash in a cultural bath perhaps? If the Big Apple is on your agenda, consider booking tickets now to “Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two." While this...