Beyond Telluride

Telluride radio host Maribeth Clemente takes us on a tour of America's best zoos on her popular program, Travel Fun. The show airs tomorrow, Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 p.m., on KOTO radio in Telluride and at www.koto.org.  Visiting a zoo is one of the most...

Active from Nov. 13th to 20th, the Leonid Meteor Shower peaks on the morning of Nov. 17th. It will be daybreak before Leo reaches it’s zenith, but the Lion will be fully above the horizon by 4:00 a.m. here in southwestern Colorado – the...

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 Summer dawn. Slowly, a gigantic, ominous cloud began forming above the eastern...

by Sue Hobby and Amy Boebel

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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 space and was packed with people taking advantage of the discounted tickets. The show runs two hours long without an intermission which they alert the audience to - so the bladder challenged can scoot out.  Sue, Luci, Jeanie, Helen and I bought a bottle of champagne and some cups and settled into the second row in front.

There are seven catagories of garments and our section, "Folded," includes 29 outfits. In total, there are about 165 pieces worn by 40 models

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. And why not be neighborly? The enduring gravel-throated super star, Joe Cocker, lives just up the road a piece in Crawford, Colorado.


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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 sight to see and one this dedicated stargazer looks forward to whenever Venus does her...