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31 Jan What Drives Success?
The answer to the question proposed in the title I can be found in a New York Times article written by the husband and wife team of Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld. I found it both surprising and illuminating. “A seemingly un-American fact about America today...
07 Jan Wilkinson Library: January At a Glance
The following is a look at what’s ahead in January. Go to www.telluridelibrary.org or https://www.facebook.com/wilkinson.telluride for more information. Thursday, Jan 9 Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, January 9, 5:15, Program Room. Tuesday, January 14 “Muhammad: Legacy of a...
05 Jan Wilkinson Public Library: Muslim Journeys
The Wilkinson Public Library is one of just 125 libraries and humanities councils in the U.S. to receive an American Library Association/National Endowment for the Humanities grant to present Muslim Journeys. The scholar-led reading and discussion program is designed to foster opportunities for community conversations...21 Dec Snow Sunday: Gift
It’s not easy to come up with Christmas gifts. We all have so much stuff, and we spend a great deal of time picking up, organizing, and trying to get rid of our stuff. So when it comes time to gift-giving, I’m always a little...
29 Nov Thanksgiving at Siam Talay: Not Your Mother’s Traditional Feast
Every November, folks check out the Really Big Issues: brining versus barding, tenting versus turning, organic or heritage. Clint and I decided to check out. Period. Plans for the holiday included a leisurely cross-country ski outing up at Trout Lake, followed by a day of...
20 Nov TIO Oregon: Mosier & Arlene Burns’ Zee Shackteau
Stay tuned…. There will be a Telluride connection… Always is. Mosier, Oregon: The population of Mosier, Oregon was not always 421. There were even fewer people, about 280 locals, living in the picturesque hamlet when Arlene Burns discovered the place in 1992. First settled...
10 Nov TIO Thailand: North for Three Days
Chiang Dao: Sometimes it’s not about turning caca into chocolate. Sometimes the caca is the chocolate – or in this case, the paper. Elephants consume, on average, 500 pounds of plant food and 42 gallons of water. Waste not. Want not. Heading north from Chiang...