Pinhead: Winter Classes Announced
Six-week courses for children and adults begin Monday February 9 Pinhead Institute headquarters will be buzzing this winter as the local non-profit offers more classes than ever be
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Telluride Med Center: Urging Parents to Vaccinate Children
Colorado children have lowest vaccination rate in U.S. Colorado kindergartners have the lowest vaccination rate for measles in the U.S., an unsettling distinction that has provider
SMRC: As Good As the People Who Run It; How the Fling Helps
Double your giving! A local family foundation has gratiously challenged the nonprofit with a $20,000 match for the 2015 Chocolate Lover’s Fling. Scroll to bottom of post for li
Second Chance: Bring On Your Questions
I was asked to be in charge of the Second Chance Pet Column today. And I was like, “Cool, does it taste good?” Then I learned that sadly you don’t eat a column, you have
Telluride Jazz: Artists in the Schools, Nosostros
The Telluride Jazz Festival’s educational initiatives represent excellence in music education. The Telluride Jazz Festival’s Artists in the Schools programs offer informal
Snow Sunday: Bullwheel Cowboys and Other Chairlift Fails
Twenty years ago, when I moved to Telluride, my first job on the ski area was as a lift operator, bumping chairs. I did it because the job came with a ski pass. I didn’t realize
How Much Do We Eat on Superbowl Sunday?
Super Bowl Sunday is all about consumption: we eat up Clydesdales and cuddly pups; gyrating half-time babes; oh yes, the machinations of two outstanding teams, the Seattle Seaha
San Juan Mountains Weather Forecast ~~ 1/29/15
The storm for the next few days is an upper-level trough hovering along the California coast. A closed-low will form along the Mexico/Arizona border tomorrow night. It will then mo
How a Month of Yoga Changed a Regular Person
How a “regular person” talks about developing a regular yoga practice should give you some compelling reasons to attend the 8th annual Telluride Yoga Festival, which is offe
SMRC: Chocolate Lovers’ Fling, Overview
Double your giving! A local family foundation has gratiously challenged the nonprofit with a $20,000 match for the 2015 Chocolate Lover’s Fling. Scroll to bottom of post for li
Tiny Houses in Telluride?
Mountainfilm is always ahead of the curve. In 2013, Mountainfilm showed “Tiny: A Story About Living Small.” The doc about living small featured writer and multimedia project m
Second Chance: Cat People Vs. Dog People
Among the pet lovers in America, the world seems to divide between dog people and cat people – with dog people outnumbering cat people. And that is an issue since there are m
Great Recipes to Jumpstart your Day
If you are reading this post in the morning, a cuppa and doughnut at your fingertips, you may want to check out this blog by Cole Mellino that appeared in EcoWatch. We’ve all he
Stressed? Dr. Weil Touts This Breath Technique
Came across this short, but dense and important blog by Lizzie Fuhr in in popsugar.com. In it, integrative medicine guru, Dr. Andrew Weil, promotes a breathing technique that he g
Snow Sunday: Climbing Mountain Quail with Teenagers
To be honest, at the start, there wasn’t very much enthusiasm about hiking up Mountain Quail, a ski run perched at the outer edge of Telluride’s Black Iron Bowl. It sits at rou
Second Chance: Puppies & Preventable Serious Stuff
I love puppies. I love their roly-poly little bodies, their teeny, tiny, waving tails, and their milky sweet puppy breath. So seeing them in the Critical Care Unit at CSU when I di
Meditation & Your Brain: Changing Your Mind for the Better
More compelling reasons to meditate by Leigh Weingus in the Huffington Post. Which should give you more compelling reasons to attend the 8th annual Telluride Yoga Festival, which
TIO in Hawaii: Whales, Turtles, & Surf, Oh My!
Not long after we finished our marathon run around America in early November, Sus and I decided we wanted to take a “warm break” this winter. Susan hasn’t
Telluride Yoga Fest: New Year, New Intensions
Namaste passes $285 and Guru passes $385. Purchase tickets here. The 8th annual Telluride Yoga Festival, July 9 – July 12, plans to offer over 100 classes, meditation sessions,
Local Navigators Bring Health & Hope To West End Residents
Tri-County Health Network’s Navigator Program helps residents deal with complexities of health care The San Miguel watershed, although known for its natural beauty, contains some
WINTER SUNDAY: Mommy Culture and The Cold, Hard Truth
Okay, full disclosure: I used to be that person, the one who cringed when the airplane seat next to me was occupied by an infant. The waitress who was unhappy when families
Second Chance: Prancer & Tundra
It is a New Year, so new things are meant to happen that will give me a new outlook on life, right? So what exactly is something really new that could happen to a homeless pet a
RE:treat, Off the Cuff: Yoga, Anti-Aging
Back in the early 90’s when I was a girl of 12, I had a school friend whose Mum just radiated a healthy, natural beauty. She didn’t wear make up or fancy clothes. She
TIO in Arizona: A Stop at La Posada
What does a giant crater in Arizona’s painted desert have to do with a grande dame of a hotel? Not much. Yet. Sooner or later the Winslow Arts Trust will establish a major museum