[caption id="attachment_36616" align="alignright" width="300"] From Brody blog, New York Times[/caption] Found this post by health nut Jane Brody in her Personal Health blog in the New York Times and wanted to share. Don't know about you, but our snack dish is regularly stocked with pistachios, walnuts, and...
[caption id="attachment_36626" align="alignright" width="300"] Skiing Genevieve[/caption] Each winter season in Telluride there is the anticipation that this year will be the banner year, the one we remember long after the snow has melted. This year has the makings of being one of those. This past week has...
A colleague asked me if I was going to stay in Telluride for the holidays. I looked at her dumbfounded. “Telluride is the only place I want to be for Christmas,” I replied. Reflecting on the past 25 years, I can only think of two...
Locals and visitors from the region turned out in record numbers for Telluride Ski Resort’s Donation Day. This year the ski resort hosted 1,035 skiers on Wednesday, November 27, the day before the resort’s official Opening Day. Each skier, pass holder or employee, paid $25 to...
[caption id="attachment_36529" align="alignright" width="199"] Shay[/caption] “The Hills are Alive….With the Sound of Muuuusic…!” My favorite song from my favorite movie musical, "The Sound of Music" and the first thing that entered my head when I heard about the dude climbing the BIG mountain in Argentina (Aconcagua, one of...
[caption id="attachment_36467" align="alignright" width="300"] Ullr (image from northernpaganism.com)[/caption] Let's start with the obvious question: Who the heck is Ullr? The best answer I found was at northernpaganism.com. Ullr is a very old god of the northern lands, so old that by the time the Iron Age Norse myths...
Everyone has an idea of what makes the perfect holiday tree. For some, it’s the quintessential blue spruce, tall, full, perfectly shaped and dressed. Others like the Charlie Brown variety, a few scraggly limbs and an awkward tilt, the tree that most needs love. And...
'A'ohe hana nui ke alu 'ia. Translation? "No task is too big when done together by all." This Hawaiian 'olelo no'eau or proverb, was recently illuminated when the power of the Kaua'i and Big Island communities overcame political gridlock and "outside money" in order to ensure...
