Unless you’re a hermit or anyone really who chooses not to socialize or exchange presents (or even niceties), Christmas brings an onslaught of new tasks and, with them, stress guaranteed to minimize yuletide cheer. But the truth is that every year we bring something to the holidays besides a long...
All the lonely people. Where do they all come from? And where are they now during the holidays? What are they doing? Many won’t be receiving gifts – not even the gift of a smile or warm, reassuring hug. Unless you take the initiative and reach out to...
The term solstice means "sun stands still." On the year's two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky and change little in position during this time. Of course, contrary to appearances from Earth, the sun's "changing...
Stop in at Telluride’s Between the Covers Bookstore on Tuesday, December 20, 4 - 6 p.m. for an Authors & Artists Meet ’N Greet (a nano-market of sorts, smaller than a pop-up, right?) for Happy Hour. (After that, head uptown for the celebration at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain...
Winter shorts on tap Friday at the Telluride Library, hosted by Telluride Mountainfilm. Two FREE screenings on December 2 at 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Series continues through the winter ski season. And purchase your Early Bird Palmyra Pass now, plus other passes. [caption id="attachment_62794" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...
Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of family, feasting, and football. And all that is good, but is it good enough? Shouldn’t Thanksgiving be about more than that? One poem by Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer puts the “thanks" back in Thanksgiving. The other: a...
"What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" Erma Bombeck In a letter to his daughter, Ben Franklin proposed the turkey for the official...
Telluride’s KOTO Radio announces the 41st Annual KOTO Ski Swap. The event takes place Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12, and Sunday, November 13, at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. Trade in your old winter schwag and shop for some new ski gear while supporting your local community radio station. Last chance for discounted...
The first—and perhaps last, who knows?—Women & Words & Whiskey Poetry Evening features award-winning poets Kierstin Bridger of Ridgway; Joni Wallace of Tucson; and Daiva Chesonis of Telluride, plus three regionally distilled whiskeys of their choosing to share for a tasting. Event takes place at Telluride’s Between the Covers...
He is now making beautiful, brightly colored paintings, soulscapes that reflect his inner Cheshire Cat (plus Fauve/Magic Realism antecedents). [caption id="attachment_59619" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dome of the Rock, by Daniel Tucker[/caption] In the introduction to the catalog for the exhibition of his new paintings, collectively The Museum of Feelings, Daniel Tucker explains: “For...
