[caption id="attachment_9576" align="alignright" width="128"] Jerry Roberts, weather guru[/caption] There is a transitory dry ridge building over western Colorado tonight then a shortwave trough ejects from a Pacific storm bringing clouds by Wednesday morning. By late Wednesday afternoon the upper flow is westerly favoring the central and...
[caption id="attachment_28958" align="alignright" width="238"] Aquaponics cycle[/caption] We know that the cities are now home to more of us than the country. We know that water issues, particularly here in the West will define much of our future. We know that the current carbon footprint of our...
[caption id="attachment_28874" align="alignright" width="186"] Karen Korona, yoga teacher and healer[/caption] Join Lorrie Denesik in welcoming yogini/healer/transformational teacher Karen Korona back to town for an three-day intensive designed to enhance self-awareness and healing through yoga practices, including meditation. Do you think of sitting quietly for at least 10...
[caption id="attachment_28844" align="alignright" width="203"] Ben Clark[/caption] Is it lower levels of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that creates the so-called "adrenaline rush?" That's one theory about what drives extreme athletes to risk their lives for the sake of adventure. In his book, "On the Ridge Between Life and Death," mountaineer...
When the days grow longer and the light expands our days, all I want to do is run. I run in the evenings after the kids have had dinner. I run in the afternoons. I run so much that my winter body, not used to...
March 14 to 21, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Jupiter Springtime guarantees warmer days and nights, emerging greens and, for those of us here in southwest Colorado, the arrival of the azure-blue western mountain bluebirds. I love being on the front side of...
[caption id="attachment_28788" align="alignright" width="300"] Lettuces, credit http://yearroundharvest.com/tag/organic-gardening/[/caption] In Telluride, it’s still snowy (hurrah!), but here in Washington, DC, it’s starting to feel like spring. The witch hazel is flowering, with its invigorating, refreshing smell, and crocuses and daffodils are starting to brighten the ground with brilliant...
Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...
[caption id="attachment_28720" align="alignright" width="156"] Dr. Sharon Grundy, a featured speaker at talk on breast cancer[/caption] A study published last November in the New England Journal of Medicine presented evidence that benefits of regular mammogram screenings have been oversold to women, reigniting a controversy over who should...
