Dia de los Muertos
Last year, the sunrise on el Dia de los Muertos was nothing short of magical. I awoke in morning twilight to the turquoise blues, deep crimson and pumpkin orange of an Indian Summe
Beyond Telluride
Telluride Inside… and Out in New York
Dateline: Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 23, 2009 For Telluride Inside… and Out, strangers are just friends we haven't met yet. Leo and his parents were visiting fr
Leaving Telluride in Autumn
Regular readers of Telluride Inside… and Out will find this a familiar theme: it is difficult for me to leave Telluride when the Fall colors are in riot. Susan and I had made
Telluride to Albuquerque: Hastings Mesa
"If Ever I Would Leave You." The song from the musical "Camelot" about how no time is a good time… sums up our feelings whenever we have to head out of Te
Designing Women: Telluride goes to New Zealand
by Sue Hobby and Amy Boebel After 26 hours of travel, we got to Wellington at 10 am. The day we got in we went to the dress rehearsal for the show – it is held in a huge spac
Up Where He Belongs: Joe Cocker at Telluride Blues & Brews
One of the truly great rock voices of all time agreed to be the closer opening day, Friday, September 18, of Steve Gumble's 16th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. An
September Dawn
The next few mornings of predawn skies gift early risers with the graceful, delicate pairing of a slender crescent Moon with the dazzling planet Venus – it’s a magnificent
Back to School in Telluride… and Tibet
School will start again soon – for our children in Telluride and the girls at the orphanage/school in Kardze, Eastern Tibet. It’s time to gather supplies, buy some new school c
The Perseid Meteors
The Perseid Meteor Shower is active from July 29th to August 26th and “shooting stars” are visible all night long during this time throughout the Northern Hemisphere. As the sk
CAST bag challenge: Telluride vs Aspen
[click “Play” to learn about Aspen’s involvement] by Eileen Burns I recently spoke to Aspen representatives Katherine Dart, Special Projects Coordinator for CORE
Betsy Lummis, part-time local, sponsors Telluride Yoga Festival
[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with Betsy Lummis] When the going gets tough… Betsyanew is a start-up founded by entrepreneur and part-time
Ridgway River Festival all day Saturday, June 27
[click “Play” to hear Deidra Krois on the Festival] Ridgway, Colorado, is much more than a bedroom community for Telluride. The town is famous – or infamous – as th
Doers: Ted Hoff
[click”Play” button to hear Susan’s interview with Ted Hoff] In 2000, Telluride audiences saw the (now departed) Lizard Head Theatre Company’s production of
Mudd Butts recap Ethiopia trip
Thursday evening, 7 p.m., Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library, enjoy a recap of the Mudd Butts' April trip to Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. Local trip participants and st
Former Mountainfilm guest helping to rescue Hubble
Astronaut John Grunsfeld has been to Telluride Mountainfilm twice, the first time in 2000, and the second in 2006. IN 2006, John spoke on the subject was ET, NASA's search for
Object lesson from Network 20/20
The consensus is that Telluride is a place " to die for." But the phrase is simply a figure of speech to describe the physical beauty of our surroundings. Last week in Ne
The Moab Classic Car Show
The last weekend in April is a wild time to go visit neighboring Utah – Moab, Utah that is. Every year at that time hundreds of motor heads, bikers, kids, teenagers, moms, dads,
Road Trip: Telluride to Chicago
After a brief stop at home in Telluride after our visits to West Coast family, Sus and I left on the next phase of our Spring travels on Friday, 17 April. For those of you who were
Wilkinson Public Library: “Beyond Shamanic Visions”
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's conversation with Kent Tompkins] Tompkins uses words/images to go "Beyond Shamanic Visions" April 22 at Wilkinso
End of Ski Season ca. 1987
As promised a photo of Ralph Dinosaur performing at Telluride end of ski season festivities from 22 years ago. It's just a teaser – the daffodils are calling for a bicycl
Elisabeth Gick returns to Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library with third all-Tibet program
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's interview with Elisabeth Gick] As part of Telluride's week-long "Phenomenal Woman" Celebrations" Telluride Ins
Venus and the Moon
Stargazers and sky watchers take note: Venus will be leaving the night sky in March, when it disappears behind the Sun. Although this magnificent planet will reappear as a “morni
Looking for Comet Lulin
Feb. 24, 2009 Comet Lulin There's a weird, double-tailed comet in the night sky this week and it can be spotted with a pair of good binoculars, even through low-level light pol
TAB: Ethiopian Family Fund
[click "Play" button to hear Susan's interview with EFF's Melanie Robbins] Telluride AIDS Benefit supports Ethiopian Family Fund The young girls the Ethiopian Fam