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
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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,
HUNTING & GATHERING: IN THE GARDEN
Editor’s note: We are so excited to have chef and photographer Lisa Barlow back on our pages with recipes you will want to print out and keep. Well, hello Spring! Brooklyn is
SNOW SUNDAY: SPRING RIDING IN THE GRAND VALLEY
Oh, how the warm spring days bring with them such difficult decisions—like, should I bike or ski today? Even though the lifts are still running, and the festive vibe that defines
EARTH MATTERS: STRAWBERRIES
Editor’s Note: This is another installment of a weekly series by the team of scholars/dynamic enviro-activists Anna Zivian and Billy Mason. Both have deep ties to Telluride
TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: SPRING (THEATRE) FEVER
Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth a
DECOR 8750: (NOT SO) MELLOW YELLOW
We, over here at Tweed, are currently obsessed with the “it” color of spring — anything and everything yellow. Vibrant yellow is making a splash in interiors and fashio
ACADEMY IN ACTION: THE ADVENTUROUS MINDSET
For some, adventure is trying exotic foods or watching a foreign movie. For others, adventure takes place in far reaches of the planet and is surrounded by the unfamiliar. Still fo
TELLURIDE MED CENTER: TO YOUR HEALTH, VERTIGO
We’ve all had moments of vertigo when peering over a run in Black Iron Bowl. But if you’re consistently feeling dizzy, there may be more at stake. Telluride Medical Cen
SNOW SUNDAY: GET US ON THE MOUNTAIN
For most in Telluride, getting on the mountain is the priority throughout the winter. Yet, everyone has a few obstacles—work schedules, kids, or work schedules and kids. So, so
TELLURIDE INSIDE… AND OUT : DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/23/2012
Throw darts at a map of Santiago and you will find great things to see and do. Or you can hedge your bets. With only a few days to explore the city, we turned to our Man On The S
DOG’S BEST FRIEND: CATTLE DOGS AT WORK
As you’re driving around the Colorado mountains this spring, you may have to slow down as the road becomes over powered by cattle. Each spring, cattleman prod their livestock
EARTH MATTERS: HOW WE CAN SAVE OUR OCEANS
“Out of sight, out of mind,” sadly seems to be the reccuring mantra that we have adopted toward our oceans. Our human-centric society often treats the Earth’s ocean e
TWO SKIRTS FASHION FRIDAY: JUMP INTO SPRING
I remember my mother’s jumpsuits. The rolled-sleeve, belted mustard in cotton sateen; the soft jersey one with black bottoms, multi striped top and red patent belt; and t
EXPLORING THE SAN MIGUEL WATERSHED
When Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library brought Woody Tasch and Michael Brownlee to Telluride for a presentation on slow money and transition towns, more than 140 attendees wer