On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday of November to be the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a day to count our blessings for the bounty in our lives, as below in this poem by beloved country commissioner Art Goodtimes. Thanksgiving It's warm jacket weather tending Simba's leash Almost lose...
In this one from Oleh Lysiak planting trees becomes a metaphor of hope for the future: give me saplings, not saps any day. Trees For Future Generations Our infamous Rocky Mountain weather has turned weekends into bone-chilling, nose-numbing, finger-tingling experiences. This past Sunday held true to form. Jan Hackett, our...
Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library has once again earned a “Five Star” rating from Library Journal. The top-rating is a tribute to the staff’s hard work and dedication to making our library the best it can be for the greater Telluride community. Administration and staff take pride in knowing...
This one from Oleh Lysiak is all about dying tradition and the rugged individualism that ties some folks to the land tight as a roped calf. That image, if photoshopped on one of today’s reality of land for sale (and not for man and beast) might...
Helen Thorpe is an author and freelance journalist who has written articles for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Texas Monthly, Westword, and 5280. Her first book, "Just Like Us," was published by Scribner in 2009 and named one of the best books of the year by the...
Telluride Arts & Telluride Library present “Rust + Bone,” photography by Riley Arthur, 11/2014 – 2/2015 The November - February exhibit in the Wilkinson Public Library Stacks features Digital Photography printed on aspen, eastern red cedar, cherry, walnut, birch, poplar and birds-eye maple, by local artist, Riley...
This story from Oleh Lysiak is a variation on theme of fishing. True, he and his friends are after oysters. But not the kind that live in water. The other kind. The impetus? A good eat, yes, but most importantly, preserving the old cowboy ways. Read on...
The following is another wonderful story by Oleh Lysiak about fly-fishing, a passion, suggesting that old age (and faltering eyesight) stop mattering when there is fresh-caught trout frying in a pan. OLD EYES “Goddamn these old eyes," he mutters over and over. He lost his best #16 Royal Wulff, right...
The Psychology of Meditation at Wilkinson Public Library, Monday, October 20, 6:00 – 8 p.m. The introductory lecture and discussion by Telluride resident Dr. Jonathan Barfield provides an experiential, scientific and psychological examination of the process of meditation. "I will draw from ancient treatises on meditation, along with discoveries in...
The following is a story about change, perhaps the only constant in the known universe. Like mountain weather. Like winter (and may it be wet) follows one of the most show-offy falls Telluride has ever seen. TRANSITION He smells transition, feels change in the season, first solid rain in...
