Between the Covers: Book It!
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for i
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Outlaw Reflections: Winter Solstice
The term solstice means “sun stands still.” On the year’s two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky and
Poets’ Corner: 2 for Winter Solstice
A few facts about the winter solstice from Mashable. 1. It happens at a specific time The winter solstice isn’t the full day of Dec. 21, but rather occurs at a specific time.
Outlaw Reflections: Youngest of the Old Timers
Oleh Lysiak talked with old-time Telluride local Johnnie Stevens for a story originally published February 21, 1996 in The San Miguel Post. The interview is an eye-opener: the
Between the Covers: “BOOKSnBEERS” Sunday
BOOKSnBEERS is a collaboration between Between the Covers Bookstore with Smuggler’s Brewpub that takes place at Between the Covers on Sunday, December 14, 6 p.m. The event
Outlaw Reflections: A Placerville Lifetime
Among the many adjectives friends and acquaintances of former Telluride resident Oleh Lysiak would use to describe him, one would not be “sappy sentimentalist.” But they wou
TIO Denver: “Mystery and Mistletoe” Writers Showcase
“Mystery and Mistletoe” Writers Showcase at Denver Press Club Thursday, Dec. 11; “Soldier Girls” author Helen Thorpe will MC. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery
Poets’ Corner: “Thanks” on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of family, feasting, and football. But shouldn’t it be about more than that? This poem by Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer
Poets’ Corner: Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving
Gifted sculptor, writer, husband, friend, TIO regular contributor (check out his wonderful stories in his regular column, Outlaw Reflections, a look ahead at Telluride’s raunchy
Poets’ Corner: Goodtimes on Thanksgiving
On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday of November to be the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a day to count our blessings for the bounty in
Outlaw Reflections: Trees for Future Generation
In this one from Oleh Lysiak planting trees becomes a metaphor of hope for the future: give me saplings, not saps any day. Trees For Future Generations Our infamous Rocky
Outlaw Reflections: Silverhawk Cowboss
This one from Oleh Lysiak is all about dying tradition and the rugged individualism that ties some folks to the land tight as a roped calf. That image, if photoshopped on one of t
Tall Tales: “Soldier Girls,” Interview with Helen Thorpe
Helen Thorpe is an author and freelance journalist who has written articles for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Texas Monthly, Westword, and 5280. Her first book, &
Outlaw Reflections: Rocky Mountain Oysters
This story from Oleh Lysiak is a variation on theme of fishing. True, he and his friends are after oysters. But not the kind that live in water. The other kind. The impetus? A g
Outlaw Reflections: “Old Eyes”
The following is another wonderful story by Oleh Lysiak about fly-fishing, a passion, suggesting that old age (and faltering eyesight) stop mattering when there is fresh-caught t
Outlaw Reflections: Looking Ahead at Telluride’s Raunchy Past
The following is a story about change, perhaps the only constant in the known universe. Like mountain weather. Like winter (and may it be wet) follows one of the most show-offy f
Fall Sunday: Reading Into the Off-Season
In Telluride, we can no longer pretend that it’s summer. Gone are the days when the sun baked Main Street and the San Miguel River tempted us to dip in its waters. Gone are the r
Telluride Arts/Library: Fortier Paintings
The new exhibit in the Wilkinson Public Library stairwell features Western desert landscapes by local painter Clarissa Fortier. The collection reflects the artist’s ongoing love
Outlaw Reflections: Looking Ahead at Telluride’s Raunchy Past
Editor’s note: I am reminded of the man every day. A talented sculptor, one of his mobiles sits on the coffee table in our living room. But I had not seen or heard from Oleh L
Screenwriters in the Sky
Out of 15 nominations, Woody Allen won three times, the most in the category. Francis Ford Coppola (1970) and Sofia Coppola (2003) are the only father-daughter pair to triumph; Jo
Between the Covers: “Searching for Pekpek”
Andrew Mack talk and booksigning at Telluride Library Wednesday October 1st at 6 p.m. Co-hosted by Between the Covers Bookstore. In 1987, Andrew Mack immersed himself in a vast e