Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel has become a favorite place for boarding dogs and general training of all breeds. But Ted Hoff originally made his reputation training hunting dogs. In this video, Ted brings his two year old female Lab, Mae, along to provide a...
Labor Day Purple, Peach and the End-of-Summer Harvest
Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Evening: Saturn
The time has come to say good-bye to summer. Sad as it seems, and reluctant as I am to write these words, August has ended. It is now September. This coming Monday is Labor Day, the traditional end-of-summer holiday. This translates as Film Festival time in Telluride – historically the town’s first and arguably most prestigious festival of the year. Hollywood affecionados, movie buffs and critics, editors, actors, directors and producers gather in one of the most dramatically beautiful geographical corners of the world – stunning flora, iconic waterfalls, magnificent mountains, majestic wildlife and shimmering rainbows – all a backdrop for fairy tale perfect Victorian architecture and state-of-the-art cinema. For many years I watched the crowds and observed the magic. Welcome to TFF #38.
Ted Hoff, owner and trainer at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, spends a lot of time with the dogs in his care, and he knows when it's a good time to have the camera ready. Check out this video of two young pups playing in...
August 25 to September 1, 2011 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Jupiter Evening: Saturn
“This month’s New Moon shifts attention from the creative fires of Leo to the earthy pragmatism of Virgo. The last Full Moon urged us to follow our heart and soul; this New Moon calls us to use our head and hands.” Stephanie Austin, The Mountain Astrologer, Aug/Sep Issue
The Virgo dilemma: Perfection is an ideal, rather than a reality. And practice is a means of manifesting dreams, visions and ideals. Is perfection thus an attainable goal via practice?
Virgo is all about work and service, health and healing. Its function is to make the self and the world we live in better – moment-by-moment, day by day - by living a life of attention, sacrifice and humility. Order and organization, efficiency and productivity are avenues of progress in the Virgo journey; integrity, right action, virtue and purity are companions on the trail.
By Dr Paul Hokemeyer
Dr. Hokemeyer is a nationally recognized expert on Eastern philosophies, relationships, and emotional healing. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, he holds a PhD in psychology, as well as a doctorate in the law. A part-time Telluride resident, Dr. Hokemeyer is based in the New York City office of the Caron Treatment Centers. He is also a weekly contributor to "The Dr. Oz Show," CNN’s "Headline News," and other media outlets, including "Good Morning America," "truTV," and "Oprah Radio." His new column, Shrink Rap, is scheduled to appear at least bi-monthly on Thursdays on Telluride Inside... and Out.
Albert Einstein gave us what has become the pop definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." No place to point the finger but at yourself if you find yourself involved with the same type of person over and over again despite the fact these relationships always tank.
Ted Hoff, of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, makes a strong point: if your dog is not paying attention to you, he/she is NOT being trained; you are.
Case at hand: Drake, Ted's young Lab male, is mostly totally appropriate. But Drake, the yellow Lab, is not certain Ted means business all the time- "Is this good enough? This?"
August 18 to 25, 2011 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Jupiter Evening: Saturn
The Edge of Precipice Between the Natural and Virtual Worlds
Lately I’ve been noticing the radical edge of precipice where the natural world meets up with the one we have come to know as the virtual world. One we can touch, feel and smell, even eat. It sustains us physically and provides us with food, materials for shelter and clothing, gifts us with rain, sunsets and seasons. The other we view with our eyes and experience with our brains. Via information, imagery and mental perception, we travel to places and spaces that could previously be accessed only through art, imagination or magic. Today it’s the invisible land of business and commerce, social and professional networking, communication and education. The World Wide Web – the spider’s web of Native American prophecies, the predicted Aquarian Age of information, technology and knowledge – all in a wink, all with a click. Evolution and revolution, together in the here and now, clashing and slashing in a contest of what’s real and what is not.
August 11 to 18, 2011
Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Jupiter Evening: Saturn
Leo/Aquarius Full Moon Love and Joi de Vivre
There are two Leo/Aquarius full Moons each year – one when the Sun is in Leo (Jul./Aug.) and one when the Sun is in Aquarius (Jan./Feb.) These lunations take place in the middle of summer and winter, respectively, when electromagnetic forces peak and seasonal energies surge. I often call these the two full Moons “party Moons” because they are filled with the strong, passionate power of the Leo/Aquarius polarity – strength of heart in both the individual and collective psyche – and the manifestations are found in every home, brothel, bar and bedroom; on the street, in the country, on the field, in the garden, at the theatre and in the galleries. We feel the desire to laugh and play, connect with others and indulge in fun and frolic, kiss and hug, toss and tumble. This is the time to celebrate life - in all its guts and glory - to love it like a lover and enjoy each and every precious moment of living and breathing here on this beautiful planet Earth.
By Dr. Paul Hokemeyer
Dr. Hokemeyer is a nationally recognized expert on Eastern philosophies, relationships, and emotional healing. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, he holds a PhD in psychology, as well as a doctorate in the law. A part-time Telluride resident, Dr. Hokemeyer is based in the New York City office of the Caron Treatment Centers. He is also a weekly contributor to "The Dr. Oz Show," CNN’s "Headline News," and other media outlets, including "Good Morning America," "truTV," and "Oprah Radio." His new column, Shrink Rap, is scheduled to appear at least bi-monthly on Thursdays on Telluride Inside... and Out.
From the bra-burning days of the early feminists, what's really changed? Is life out from under a pile of laundry or flour all that women imagined it would be? Is being a 21st-century mom a whole lot better than life as Mrs. Cleaver? From my vantage point as a family therapist, maybe not so much
August 4 to 11, 2011 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Jupiter Evening: Saturn
Dancing Divas and Laughing Lions
We experience the exact point of mid-summer on the cross-quarter day of August 7th this week, marking the halfway point between summer solstice and autumn equinox. This is when we notice the days are growing shorter, high country leaves begin to change and a wistful fragrance of summer’s end is in the air.
Here in the West End, emerald pastures are now touched with gold, tall grasses have gone to seed and fields lacking irrigation glow a bright platinum blonde. Azure bluebirds feast on fluttering butterflies and hummingbirds suck nectar from wherever they can find it. Cumulous clouds tower above deep blue horizons and snowfields still dot the mountain peaks. Brilliant yellow sunflowers sway in the breeze, tomatoes ripen, zinnias blossom and roses bloom. Olathe sweet corn is on the table and Paonia peaches are approaching harvest. Fruit stands are popping up along the roadside, filled with melons, peppers and beans.
