BUDDHISM 101 AT TELLURIDE YOGA CENTER
In July 2010 a group of red-robed monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery unpacked their cymbals and longhorns on the grass in front of Ophir Town Hall and blessed the whole valley
Lifestyle
FASHION FRIDAY: WHITE JEANS NOW!
Emily Post and our mothers (and grandmothers) taught us that wearing white is inappropriate before the last weekend in May or Memorial Day, and definitely a no-no after Labor Day.
THE NEW COMMUNITY COALITION BECOMES ECOACTION PARTNERS
It’s Official! We’re changing our name to EcoAction Partners (EcoAP). We’ve also updated our mission and streamlined our work plan and activities. Our mission is to inspire,
SNOW SUNDAY: DURANGO’S SICK SINGLE TRACK
Last week an avid Telluride cyclist posted a trail report on Facebook: Rudy’s, Penelope’s and The Galloping Goose are all clear and riding well. Then, on Friday it snowed. Tell
EARTH MATTERS: FLYING MACHINES
Editor’s note: Scientist/writer and part-time Telluride local Billy Mason is also a pilot. This week he takes a time out from his focus on the health of our planet – well,
FASHION FRIDAY: TRAVELING LIGHT
Spring breaks may have come and gone, but spring travel continues, with many of us getting a jump-start on summer by hanging out on a beach. If you are like me, after a long winter
YOUR AH HAA MOMENT: SUMMER FUN, CREATIVE MOMENTS
“Artist” may not be part of your Facebook profile, but we at the Ah Haa School believe it could be and should be. We designed our summer programs to make finding your i
INSIDE MOUNTAIN FILM: THE WARMEST MARCH
Editor’s Note: In several installments of their weekly Earth Matters column, Billy Mason and Anna Zivian have explored the subject of climate change from several different pe
TELLURIDE NEWB: CHECKING OUT GOLD HILL 10
Gold Hill 10 is the official “forgotten run” of Telluride. Granted, it’s almost never open, but the real reason for its “lack of skier traffic” is the lengthy trek requir
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL, SUNDAY AT THE PALM: “EARTH”
“Sunday at the Palm” presents “Earth” (2007). “This ‘earth’ is beautiful and worthwhile,” wrote Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times about Disney’s “
SNOW SUNDAY: BRING YOUR PEDALS
For off-season, my family got one of the greatest invites ever: To join some long time friends at their family’s (rad) beach front home on Oahu. Sick. Plans were made, tickets bo
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER
Editor’s Note: It’s off season in Telluride now. Not a creature is stirring. But with May only weeks away, thoughts turn to the summer season. The kick off is Mountai
EARTH MATTERS: EARTH’S ENERGY BALANCE
Editor’s Note: The dynamic duo of Billy Mason (who wrote this post) and Anna Zivian, scholars with an agenda to save our planet, posts weekly, stories about everythi
ECOACTIONS PARTNERS: SPRING IS SPRUNG
Springtime in the Rockies. Ah yes. We go from toasty warm, shorts and tank top weather to eight inches of snow, from dry roads to muddy ruts to icy pavement and back again in the b
EARTH MATTERS: BEES ON THEIR KNEES
The news has migrated from the front page to back pages, but it’s still news: Honeybees are dying. So many bees have bitten the dust the phenomenon has a name: Colony Collaps
WHEN OFF-SEASON ARRIVES IN TELLURIDE
In the spring, when the weather in southwestern Colorado flips between winter and summer, often in the same hour, it can be hard to stay focused. Should we bike or ski? Spring clea
TIO ON THE ROAD: BASQUE FOOD IN NORTHERN NEVADA
Coincidence? Serendipity? Call it what you will, while we were planning our road trip to southern Oregon to meet Kid 1 and family, the April Smithsonian magazine arrived with its l
SNOW SUNDAY: VINTAGE SKI OUTFITS RULE
In Telluride, there is no single piece of ski gear more coveted than the perfect, vintage, ‘70s inspired one piece. Actually, there is — a padded Obermeyer sweater, a neon
EARTH MATTERS: CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL
Climatologists are able to explain why rain falls, clouds form, the patterns of atmospheric circulation, the movement of the ocean currents, and much more. Nonetheless, the transfe
TWO SKIRTS’ FASHION FRIDAY: POC IT TO ME
Don’t believe everything you read. Fashion editors may tell you bright clothes came back into vogue on the Spring runways in Paris and Milan, but I credit POC sports with jum
TNCC: SPRING SMORGASBORD
If you’re a regular TIO fan as I am, I hope you’ve been reading the “Earth Matters” column. Anna Zivian’s latest story on strawberries is a disturbing revelation.
YOUR AH HAA MOMENT: EGGSTRAVAGANZA SATURDAY
Saturday, April 7, the Easter Bunny hops on by the Ah Haa School for the Arts, making a brief celebrity appearance for our Family Day: EGGstravaganza! Now in it’s fourth year, EG
PINHEAD INSTITUTE: MORE FROM SCHOLARS IN THE SCHOOLS
Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings acclaimed scientists into regional schools – Nucla, Norwood, Ridgway, Ouray, and Telluride – to lead labs, experiments,
