Beyond Telluride

You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being...

On the subject of the last Big Event of the holiday trifecta, New Year's Eve, Shakespeare took the high road: "Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. Riffing off The Bard's good will, now is the accepted time to make annual resolutions. (Next...

Quoting the dearly beloved showman Garrison Keillor: "A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go though it together." That said and for those who have experienced loss - with apologies to "Carousel" – when you walk through...

 Memories of  Xmases past are as persistent as Santa myths, as unavoidable as telemarketers, carols, "It’s A Wonderful Life" and, in this season of tridemics, reminders about masking and social distancing. Yet again.  Oy vey. Fa la la la…  The following is one such (very quirky...

Telluride local Dr. Alan Safdi is a world-renowned internist and gastroenterologist with encyclopedic knowledge of mind-body wellness and preventative medicine. He posts from time to tome on Telluride Inside… and Out under the banner of “To Your Health." Dr. Alan's blogs feature the most current...

With winter comes more fun and games with viruses. Lots of ink (or its analog) is being spilled over RSV, The Flu, and Covid, especially the latter's long-term damage on vital organs such as the brain. We curated this story from National Geographic titled "Why...

Fashion Friday 2.0 brings back a popular TIO fashion blog, first featuring Kristin Holbrook of Telluride’s Two Skirts, now brought to you by nationally renowned fashion and lifestyle blogger Erin Busbee, a Telluride local – and sponsored by Kristin and Two Skirts. What goes around… This week, Erin shares 10 holiday outfits to...

Joanna Spindler is the Adult Programs Specialist at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. She is also Poet Laureate, San Miguel County. You know how it can be with all the family gathered together over the holidays. One wrong move, one smart (read snarky) remark and someone leaves...

Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season. But given a divided nation and a war in Ukraine, times they a tryin' – even without your parents breaking out the photos from your awkward years, even minus the inevitable food coma – or the sadness...