"What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" Erma Bombeck In a letter to his daughter, Ben Franklin proposed the turkey for the official...
[caption id="attachment_36193" align="alignright" width="300"] Halloween Pumpkin, from Huff Post Healthy Living[/caption] I am a fairly regular reader of the Huffington Post and all its babies, such as Huff Post Healthy Living. This article about the (upcoming) traditional Thanksgiving food orgy caught my eye. It was not...
[caption id="attachment_36151" align="alignright" width="300"] Golden Oscars (from Show Biz)[/caption] The girl can't help it. I try to look away, but find myself drawn like a moth to light to articles speculating about films that might make it to the Oscars. Everyone who attended knows #40 was...
'That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying “As you wish," what he meant was, “I love you.” And even more amazing was the day she realized she truly loved him back," from "The Princess Bride" A classic fairy tale with all...
![Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House., 11/16/1949 Harry S. Truman Library [National Archives Identifier 200138]](https://tellurideinside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/truman-thanksgiving-s.jpg)
[caption id="attachment_36145" align="alignright" width="200"] Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House., 11/16/1949Harry S. Truman Library[National Archives Identifier 200138][/caption]With snow fall comes the holiday season...
[caption id="attachment_36140" align="alignright" width="291"] "The BIg Chill"- Before[/caption] When the weather grows cold, snow and snow fun on the mountain are definite maybes, but one thing is for sure: the holiday trifecta is upon us. In Telluride that means brushing off the cobwebs from the anodyne...
Buffs like us who had been following the film festivals and their picks in general release, know that Alfonso Cuaron's techno blockbuster "Gravity" is, pardon the pun, flying high. Here's what we said about the movie in our review of the 40th annual Telluride Film...
[caption id="attachment_36071" align="alignright" width="300"] Mosier, foreground, down toward Hood River[/caption] Stay tuned…. There will be a Telluride connection… Always is. Mosier, Oregon: The population of Mosier, Oregon was not always 421. There were even fewer people, about 280 locals, living in the picturesque hamlet when Arlene Burns discovered the...
[caption id="attachment_36033" align="alignright" width="300"] Dern and Payne on set of "Nebraska" (from Spinoff Online)[/caption] Ok, alright. I admit it. I am biased. First screened at the Telluride Film Festival, we did handstands for Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" – and have been waiting for others to join in...
[caption id="attachment_35989" align="alignright" width="290"] Mindfulness, The Guardian[/caption] According to Psychology Today, "mindfulness" is "a state of active, open attention on the present. When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass...
