The following is a note from the Telluride Museum family about events you won't want to miss. Donate here. Go here for more about the Telluride Museum. [caption id="attachment_105172" align="alignnone" width="600"] 1908, Beth Batcheller, son Billy, dog Jack outside of the Wheeler cabin at Woods Lake, courtesy Telluride Museum.[/caption] The...
On the Fourth of July, people tend to put red state/blue state issues aside and, per F. Scott Fitzgerald, “stand at moral attention,” saluting the Stars and Stripes as one nation. On that day, we are meant to honor the young men and women who...
Beet recipes: Deliciously sweet and brilliantly red, beets are a fun cooking option for Valentine’s Day. The red beet is perfect for Valentine's Day recipes...
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”- Charles Schultz. Or a poem by regular contributor, poet extraordinaire David Feela which, according to its author, is not "a gushy traditional love poem, but certainly gushy about romance…" Because on...
Martin Luther King (MLK) was a rain-maker, perhaps the rainmaker, at the dawn of our nation’s ongoing – and much challenged of late – initiative to right the wrongs of slavery and promote socio-cultural diversity in America. In 1964, the African American baptist minister won...
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being...
On the subject of the last Big Event of the holiday trifecta, New Year's Eve, Shakespeare took the high road: "Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. Riffing off The Bard's good will, now is the accepted time to make annual resolutions. (Next...
Quoting the dearly beloved showman Garrison Keillor: "A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go though it together." That said and for those who have experienced loss - with apologies to "Carousel" – when you walk through...
Memories of Xmases past are as persistent as Santa myths, as unavoidable as telemarketers, carols, "It’s A Wonderful Life" and, in this season of tridemics, reminders about masking and social distancing. Yet again. Oy vey. Fa la la la… The following is one such (very quirky...
The following is a note from the Telluride Museum family. Winter hours, 11am-5pm, Tuesday through Saturday. (Closed Sundays & Mondays.) Go here for more about the Telluride Museum. “May and October, the best-smelling months? I’ll make a case for December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon.” - Lisa Kleypas Welcome back...
