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Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore. We implored David to send...

Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...

On Christmas morning, 1996, the morning his daughter had been kidnapped, John Ramsey received this note: “Listen carefully!  We are a group of individuals that represent a small foreign faction.  We respect your business but not the country that it serves.  At this time we...

In Telluride, we’re suckers for a good adventure story. Perhaps, it’s because we live in that dreamy middle zone—we’re either just coming off an outing or planning a new one—and wish to be told of others who live in that same place. Or perhaps it’s...

Craig Childs’s reading at the Wilkinson Library this Friday at 8PM is one event not to be missed this weekend. The author of more than a dozen critically acclaimed books on nature, science, and adventure, Childs’s work has a way of elevating and astounding his...

“Occasionally a conference can, by the strength of its vision, create a whole new context within which to understand an issue.” ~ Paul Hawken, author and social entrepreneur 2012 appears to be a record-breaking year.  Forest fires consumed 7.7 million acres of land, global temperatures increased 1.01°F, and...

There's an exciting workshop happening this weekend in Telluride. John Bruna, aka monk Chophel, will teach about mindfulness. As the Daily Om claims (which you can subscribe to for your morning e-infusion of wisdom), “Mindfulness is a learned skill that offers profound benefits in all...

Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore. We implored David to send...

Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves...