Oleh Lysiak talked with old-time Telluride local Johnnie Stevens for a story originally published February 21, 1996 in The San Miguel Post. The interview is an eye-opener: there was a Telluride before there was a ski resort and pre-1972, there was a community of mixed ages, professions, religions, everyone...
BOOKSnBEERS is a collaboration between Between the Covers Bookstore with Smuggler's Brewpub that takes place at Between the Covers on Sunday, December 14, 6 p.m. The event features a tasting of their brand new Chanterelle Ale, a locally sourced mushroom brew, plus a visit from Denver-based author Mark...
Among the many adjectives friends and acquaintances of former Telluride resident Oleh Lysiak would use to describe him, one would not be “sappy sentimentalist.” But they would be wrong. Under that tough, gruff exterior lies a giant marshmallow. Oleh’s soft spot is aroused when he thinks about the bad old...
“Mystery and Mistletoe” Writers Showcase at Denver Press Club Thursday, Dec. 11; "Soldier Girls" author Helen Thorpe will MC. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America today announced the first annual holiday showcase at the Denver Press Club featuring 20 notable writers reading selections...
Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of family, feasting, and football. But shouldn’t it be about more than that? This poem by Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer puts the “thanks" back in Thanksgiving. Something Like This, Anyway If I prayed, which I don't, then we could say...
Gifted sculptor, writer, husband, friend, TIO regular contributor (check out his wonderful stories in his regular column, Outlaw Reflections, a look ahead at Telluride’s raunchy past) Oleh Lysiak know he has lots to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. As the weather grows cold and with the holidays bearing...
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...
