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I walked to "work" this morning. Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) is doing it's early season instructors' training. Not a bad commute, eh? ...

01 December, 2008 /

The late Steve Butts, who fell victim to an avalanche while skiing in Canada in 2005, dreamed of introducing people to the unique lifestyle of Telluride. Telluride Properties became his means to that end. Steve’s spirit remains top of mind as his brokers/friends continue to carry the torch he lit.

Now 22 years old, Telluride Properties has long been recognized as a marketing innovator among industry leaders and its peers. “Truly Telluride” is the company’s award-winning publication.

The magazine began modestly as a 20-page booklet. Today, “Truly Telluride” features 50 pages of the region’s finest real estate offerings and candid stories about residents who spice up the town.

For its fourth issue, Telluride Properties’ marketing director, Wendy McKeever, asked me to write about three part-time locals: Richard Holbrooke, Ed Barlow, and Bonnie Cohen. “Full-Time Change Makers, Part-Time Telluriders” profiles three extraordinary individuals, who have lived very different lives and have strikingly different personalities, but share an understanding that blessings come with obligations: each is a dedicated philanthropist/activist committed to making a difference in the world.   

Look for “Truly Telluride” on the newsstands around Thanksgiving.

08 November, 2008 /

Barack Obama (actually a manequin left over from a Mudd Butts play) made an appearence in Telluride's Halloween parade on Friday. Reaction was favorable. ...

31 October, 2008 /

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Tim McGough took some time out of a crowded schedule to talk to me last week. Tim is the new program director at Telluride Adaptive Sports Program, and is very busy getting up to speed in this new position. There is training to schedule for the instructors and volunteers, returning and new, for the upcoming season. In addition, school groups, who represent a large part of TASP's client base have to have their time blocked out, and requests for lessons are beginning to come in from our out-of-town guests.

So I was glad that Tim was able to spend some time with me. In the interest of full disclosure, this will be my 10th season as an instructor for TASP. So the conversation was much more about how to make the most out our mutual relationship than an interview. I'll do that later in the season, but I did want to introduce Tim to our readers. Following is the bio I received from TASP.

30 October, 2008 /

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Autumn, Rudy's Trail

“Where will you spend the night?” Rico was concerned because I was getting a late start. It had snowed the night before in Aspen, and because I was traveling on a motorcycle I had delayed my departure for the Canyonlands until the roads cleared a little. “Oh, I guess I’ll stop in Telluride.” Someone had talked about the Telluride Bluegrass Festival at a musical get-together in the garden of Le Select in St. Barths the previous winter, and I had read an article about the skiing in Telluride some time before in Outside Magazine. Now it was after noon on a late October day, and I was on my way to camp outside Moab, Utah. Rico said, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Then, a meaningful pause, followed by, “You’ll never leave.”

29 October, 2008 /

Yes, please DO tell us if our slip is showing! Sometimes this project feels a bit like trying to hang onto the tail of a tiger and occasionally the result is that there may be some aspect of functionality or how it looks to you,...

27 October, 2008 /
by Art Goodtimes

Since this is such a complex ballot, I’ve been asked by a number of citizens for my ballot endorsements this election. I’m not going to add more verbiage to your burden, but simply provide a cheat sheet for those who are interested in how I will be voting (or supporting, if I’m not in a voting district). Look to others for explanations.          

27 October, 2008 /

Granted, it's a bit of a letdown to have my parents gone back to Telluride but their absence has also given me some time to reflect over the past couple of weeks. Here is what I notice first and foremost - we work well together. There are strong opinions on all sides that sometimes differ, yes - and through it all we share a common value of wanting to achieve "rightness" more than we want as individuals to be right. Perception of who is right or wrong doesn't even enter into it.

It's a great value to have and it helps keep us moving the right direction. No one is afraid to ask anyone else to explain themselves and if the reasoning is logical, that's the way we go. If both sides have merit, we look for other ways to accomplish seemingly contradictory objectives. I've worked in enough different corporate environments over the years to recognize when colleagues are able to establish an appropriate sympatico/challenging balance and this seems to be it.

24 October, 2008 /

Ok, maybe not Seattle exactly, but across the lake in Bellevue, last night Clint and I hooked up with part-time Telluride local and former Mountainfilm director Arlene Chester Burns at the Bellevue Art Museum. The get-together was to celebrate the opening of an exhibition of...

17 October, 2008 /

Sus interviewing Amb. Richard Holbrooke  For me, it is difficult to leave Telluride in any season, but particularly so in the Autumn. In the few days we were home between travels, Susan and I spent every possible moment outdoors, mostly hiking in the...

15 October, 2008 /