Mother’s Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907, Philadelphian Ana Jarvis began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. She persuaded her mother’s...
Glamping adventures can be found in nearly every corner of our Big Blue Marble – including just down the road a piece (about an hour away) from Telluride at CampV in Naturita. The place is redolent with history so it offers guests somethings old and...
Join the Telluride Foundation for a co-sponsored FREE event with Telluride Science. RSVP is required. Donor reception from 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. preceding the panel discussion which starts at 6 pm. RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE. Go here for more about the Telluride Foundation (back to 2009). Go here...
Before he was either a saint or a holiday, Valentine was a Christian priest martyred in the third century. Some legends say he was executed for defying an edict against conducting marriages for Roman soldiers whom the emperor believed would fight better without family ties....
"Valentine’s Day is when a lot of married men are reminded what a poor shot Cupid really is." (Attributed to an anonymous source.) Case to underline that point from an open Valentine's Day cynic, regular contributor, poet extraordinaire David Feela. His, umm, "tribute" to Cupid's...
Marketing guru Scott Haltzmann wrote a book entitled “Eight Ways to Win Your Wife’s Heart Forever.” When it was published way back in 2006, woman gave it as a gift to their hubbies on Valentine’s Day. Among the helpful hints for happy living together: a...
Synchronicity: Simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection. Example, the Los Angeles fires and related devastation on the landscape and soulscapes. And Max Walker Silverman's latest triumph, a story about community, love and hope in the aftermath of...
For 30+ years, the Animal Resource Center and Shops of Second Chance Humane Society have been serving Ouray, San Miguel, and Montrose Counties. Adoption hours are from Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. View shelter pets and services online at www.secondchancehumane.org. “Connecting Pets, People,...
For 30+ years, the Animal Resource Center and Shops of Second Chance Humane Society have been serving Ouray, San Miguel, and Montrose Counties. Adoption hours are from Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. View shelter pets and services online at www.secondchancehumane.org. “Connecting Pets, People,...
Tired of the holidaze by now, from Christmas to Chaunukah to Kwanzaa? Well then, rest assured there is one seasonal event that unites us all regardless of religious (or not) background or ethnicity: New Year’s Eve. About the last Big Event of the holiday trifecta,...
