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...
Holding hands is a sign you are a “fast” girl. Really? Well yes, in virgin pin, poodle skirt days of the 1950s. This article offering “10 Hilariously Bad Pieces of Retro Sex Advice for Teens” from the Huff Post had me laughing out loud. Sex ed is pretty...
"Am I Orthodox or . . . ?" A sermon about the struggle of the early church to define itself, between orthodoxy and gnosticism; a struggle between authority and experience that defines us still. Also a chance to view a progressive baptism. [caption id="attachment_12347" align="aligncenter" width="450"]...
In the run-up to Thanksgiving, a treat for denizens of the Big Apple: for the 5th year, Mountainfilm in Telluride returns to the Film Society of Lincoln Center with a weekend of documentaries about adventure, environment, and culture. But mainly adventure. From wrangling buffalo in...
Filmmaker and elite athlete Ben Clark screens his latest film about “Nolan’s 14,” the biggest mountain line in North America, perhaps the world. Show time is Sunday, 7:30 p.m., at the Nugget. Free to all, including swag. Think you’re tough? Think you are hardwired for serious adventure? A...
Two Telluride Science Research Center scientists win 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry TSRC scientists Eric Betzig, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and William E. Moerner, Stanford University, were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing super-resolved fluorescence in microscopy, along with Stefan W. Hell, Max Planck Institute....
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...
