Author: Clint Viebrock

Yes you read right: Telluride Adaptive Sports Program's venerable March fundraiser has had a name change. You can still wear your cowboy boots and your best Bounty Hunter hat, and our all-time favorite band, the Anders Brothers will still be providing the music, but on...

Susan and I arrived home last Monday evening. Despite dire weather forecasts, the trip from Denver was relatively uneventful: mostly dry roads, compact snow and low visibility across McClure Pass, a pleasant stop at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel to visit Ted and Vanessa (and pick...

[caption id="attachment_27195" align="alignleft" width="300"] Winter, Telluride Valley Floor[/caption] Editors update, 1/29/13: The bulk of the storm that just went through Telluride is past, with smaller accumulations over the next few days. The result of this recent bounty is more terrain open to ride. The ski area...

  [caption id="attachment_26496" align="alignleft" width="300"] Guy Laliberte photo courtesy of Marlborough Gallery[/caption] Marlborough Gallery, 40 West 57th Street, Manhattan, is always one of Susan's and my favorite stops when in New York. The current show (through January 5, 2013, so hurry) was special, even for Marlborough. In it's...

[caption id="attachment_25932" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bill Zeffiro and Carole J. Bufford[/caption] Wednesday, 12/12/12, would have been Frank Sinatra's 97th birthday. Though he died in 1998, the night proved once again that Frank's musical legacy is as fresh as tomorrow. Sinatra, as interpreted by a host of mostly young...

[caption id="attachment_25057" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jeremy Jones, Austriacourtesy of Teton Gravity Research[/caption] Just in case Telluride locals need any incentive to start thinking about a new riding season, the Sheridan Arts Foundation and Jagged Edge are bringing another double feature of rad flix to the Opera House. Mark...

Sus and I have done it again: Just over eleven years ago, we arrived at her parents' new apartment in Hackensack, NJ, to help them move in. On September 10. Now we have just returned from a two-week trip to Europe with the idea of spending...

Susan has spent a lot of time in Paris; much less so for me. Paris was a natural stop driving back to London from Torino, but we had no plans, depending on serendipity to have Paris be a big part of our trip. Seerendipity lives. We...

[caption id="attachment_23697" align="alignleft" width="224"] Trad Cotter[/caption] Trad and Olga Cotter were in Telluride in August for Shroomfest, touting among other things the three mushroom infusion we tasted brewed into Smuggler Joe's Red Ale. The Cotters own and operate Mushroom Mountain, part farm, part research facility located...

Last week in Atlanta was a going home of sorts. I spent three days with many of the people I had shared a way of life with for over 33 years, my years as a pilot for Northwest Airlines. It was a bittersweet gathering given...