Author: Susan Viebrock

T.S. Eliot put it this way: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language/And next year’s words await another voice/And to make an end is to make a beginning.” Telluride’s favorite Word Woman and regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out, Rosemerry Trommer, puts...

Memories of Xmases past are as persistent as Santa myths, as unavoidable as telemarketers, carols, and "It’s A Wonderful Life." Truth is those memories we bring to the holidays, besides a long gift list (and too little time), are packed in the back of our closets...

Google “last minute Xmas gifts” and 100s of ideas show up, among my favorites: a gift of your time, like offering to babysit for your friends’ progeny; tickets to a concert or sporting event - or both; a charitable donation in a friend or loved...

Mushroom afficionado, accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer – and poet extraordinaire Art Goodtimes lets the Goodtimes roll in his short, but oh so sweet Christmas poem. And quoting the dearly beloved showman, Garrison Keillor: “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and...

For 30+ years, the Animal Resource Center and Shops of Second Chance Humane Society have been serving Ouray, San Miguel, and Montrose Counties. Adoption hours are from Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. View shelter pets and services online at www.secondchancehumane.org. “Connecting Pets,...