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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 /

Telluride Inside and Out had its unofficial, squishy launch in August, 2008, just after I returned from the second installment of my Viniyoga teacher training session. (Two down, two to go.)

A new owner had acquired The Daily Planet, the local newspaper I had worked for for 15 years and my future as a contributor looked about as clear as mud. My first response to the lemon life seemed to be handing me was to pucker. Encouraged by my family, which includes two very smart, geeky, cyber savvy daughters, my next thought was to make lemonade: create a blog that will evolve organically over time into an e-zine. The idea seemed to make good sense in the context of the shrinking world of conventional media: the universe of online information/social networking platforms is experiencing a Big Boom.

The new venture would be a family affair.

15 October, 2008 /

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Officially Mr. & Mrs. Vroom

Some reporter was sleeping on the job to have missed this gem for the New York Times Sunday Styles “Vows” feature.

It was adult entertainment at its best – vintage Cole Porter, not “Boogie Nights.”

And it was not just a Big Deal. It was Brobdingnagian.

10 September, 2008 /