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...
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,...
Talking Gourds welcomes Palisade's poet Wendy Videlock as its featured guest for its Zoom reading on 2/4/25, 7 p.m. No longer needing to register with the library, participants are encouraged to visit here to get the zoom link each month, if they aren’t already on the...
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 more information about "Stories & Poems" text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org. To visit the website: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds A collaboration of the Lone Cone Library and the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program, “Stories & Poems Norwood” is free and open to all ages,thanks to...
Talking Gourds announces the Bardic Trails virtual poetry series kicks off 2025 with Danny Rosen of Fruita’s Lithic Press. Event takes place Tuesday, January 7 pm MT. No longer needing to register with the library, participants are encouraged to visit here to get the zoom link each...
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,...
T.S. Eliot put it this way: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language/And next year’s words await another voice/And to make an end is to make a beginning.” Telluride’s favorite Word Woman and regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out, Rosemerry Trommer, puts...
