Popular celebrations of Valentine's Day gained traction in the late 17th century, but not until 100 years ago did most Europeans and Americans begin to agree that a long-term relationships (in those days, marriage) should be based on love and young people should freely choose...
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....
According to a Floral Trends Tracking Study, Valentine's Day is the number one holiday for florists, accounting for most of the industry's fresh flower sales. Seventy-eight percent of the flowers consumers purchase for Valentine's Day are cut flowers, with men being top customers, many buying...
Porter Fox grew up in northern Maine, where he began skiing at age two – and writing at about the same time. He graduated in 1994 from Middlebury College, where he ski-patrolled for the Middlebury Snow Bowl and sold season passes for Mad River Glen. In...
Here's one for all you trivia buffs. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club was established the late 19th century: 1887 to be exact. Say what, you say? Get out of your hole. That is the fraternity dedicated to the only true weather forecasting groundhog on the planet,...
"Skiing offers a good barometer of the trouble we're in -- and, as this book reminds us, one more good reason for wanting to face that trouble," Bill McKibben, author of "Oil and Honey," co-founder 350.org Do Eskimos really have lots of words for snow? Mental Floss...
[caption id="attachment_37168" align="alignright" width="225"] Meccan Minarets at Night, L. de Bivort[/caption] The Wilkinson Public Library is one of just 125 libraries and humanities councils in the US to receive an American Library Association/National Endowment for the Humanities grant to present Muslim Journeys. The scholar-led reading and...
The following is a look at what’s ahead in January. Go to www.telluridelibrary.org or https://www.facebook.com/wilkinson.telluride for more information. Thursday, Jan 9 Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, January 9, 5:15, Program Room. Tuesday, January 14 "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet," 6 p.m. Program Room His father died...
The Wilkinson Public Library is one of just 125 libraries and humanities councils in the U.S. to receive an American Library Association/National Endowment for the Humanities grant to present Muslim Journeys. The scholar-led reading and discussion program is designed to foster opportunities for community conversations about...
Author David J. Rothman in Telluride featured at two nights of literary fun, January 7, Talking Gourds, at Arroyo Wine Bar and January 8, Jagged Edge Mountain Gear Not only is David Rothman the featured poet for Talking Gourds Poetry Club on Tuesday, January 7, at...
