[caption id="attachment_25341" align="alignright" width="200"] A young explorer, unplugged and joyous[/caption] The other day I had an opportunity to escape my desk at the Telluride Academy for a quick walk. The sun was shining brightly and despite the fact it was a particularly cold afternoon here in...
[caption id="attachment_25332" align="alignright" width="300"] Mountain Sprouts[/caption] It's all about chilling out for a good cause: our kiddos. Celebrate the coming winter, Saturday, December 1, 6– 11 p.m. at the Elks with the Sprouts Winter Chill. The event is a benefit for Mountain Sprouts Preschool. Winter Chill features one...
The holidays are full of booby traps. There is family; there are in-laws; and there are expectations. To negotiate the holiday minefield, many families have rules. Some are verbalized, some are implied and some are simply made up on the spot out of necessity. The...
I grew up in a house where dessert was never an after-thought. My mom, Lucy, was famous for flipping through the dessert menu first at a restaurant and asking the server to reserve a dessert before dinner even started. This was especially the case if...
Student presentations at the Wilkinson Public Library Thursday evening [caption id="attachment_25071" align="alignright" width="300"] Cailin at Montana State University’s Department of Animal and Range Science[/caption] Though winter is just around the corner, most students are still relishing their all too brief summer break. And a select few are savoring...
I had this romantic notion about gathering wood for the winter, our first winter with a wood stove. I envisioned us traipsing through the forest, the kids in wool mittens, picking up freshly cut rounds of aspen and oak and piñon, breathing in the scent...
Last Friday, Sophia Cinnamon, our VISTA student, and I were pleased to join nearly 40 others in Montrose for the Farm to Cafeteria Conference put on by Carol Parker and the Valley Food Partnership. Elaine Brett of Slow Food Western Slope started us off with...
I thrive on challenge. I seek it out. Celebrate it. And teach others to do the same. I firmly believe in the growth that can come from stepping outside the all too familiar boxes people operate within on a daily basis. And my job jibes with...
Officially, I was supposed to do nothing. I was supposed to lie on the same couch where I had been for the past nine days and rest. And ice. And breathe. I had just had the quintessential ski town surgery, an ACL repair. This after having...
Summer in Telluride is fast becoming a fond memory of sunlit adventures with friends and family, BBQs and bare feet. For most people, summer in the region is a great time to be outdoors doing the things we love every year. But I am program...
