“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives," Thomas Berry The fearlessness and fascination in children jibes with a special connection with their surroundings. Young people easily inhabit a beautifully blended mind space of respect...
Telluride High School Class of 2012 held their graduation ceremony Friday afternoon at the Michael D. Palm Theatre. Today, Saturday, June 2, there was another celebration at the Palm. In this case it was a celebration of the life of our lovely and beloved friend,...
Every state is an ocean state. I have said it before – in this very column, Earth Matters – and it is a common refrain among those who work on ocean issues. This is not just because we are looking for ways to interest people, who...
The Sheridan Arts Foundation celebrates the beginning of the summer season by putting out the welcome mat for 45 inner-city youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The group, ages 12 – 18, comes to Telluride from Atlanta, Denver, Farmington N.M., Ft. Worth/Dallas,...
With summer around the corner, are you ready to strut your stuff in the nude? I am talking about nude-colored and other neutrals in footwear of course. Can't decide what color shoe to wear with your new pink jeans, white dress, or orange shorts? The answer...
Mountainfilm in Telluride is such an incredibly important event. It kicks off our very full summer season here in Telluride, but more than that, through its programs we get to experience intellectual and artistic stimulation that makes us realize how blessed we are. Blessed to...
Have you noticed that a lot of women, and more specifically moms, are entering weekend races? The moms I know seem to always be training for and planning excursions to participate in events ranging from relay runs, half marathons, bike races, triathlons, Cross Training competitions...
Editor's note: Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church, has been claiming in his doctoral dissertation (and in this weekly column) the the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative...
In spite of a La Niña climate pattern this past year, which typically lowers global temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Climatic Data Center calculated that the national average temperature in the United States was the warmest year since that sort of record-keeping began back...
