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17 May Pat Bailey: Insights, Living in the Moment
My wife, Debbie, and I recently visited our families in Atlanta. The focus of our trip was to address some financial and housing issues of our aging parents, my 84-year-old mother and Deb’s 80-year-old father. We knew that it wasn’t going to be easy. So...
16 May Tall Tales: “Copenhagen” at Denver’s John Hand Theater
“Copenhagen,” a play by Michael Frayn, is about a meeting between two people in 1941 that held major implications for the course of events during World War II. That the meeting happened is clear. But what led up to it? And what happened during the...
16 May ALACAZEM 2014.05.15
May 15 to 22, 2014 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus Evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn The full Moon rising above the snow-covered San Juans in turquoise twilight last night was awesome. The first colored night-lights of the tiny town of Norwood twinkled below. The sky was...
15 May Paralyzing Perfectionism
The article by Erica Larsen in Salon was brought to our attention by Telluride Inside… and Out’s regular contributor (and expert witness in the story) Dr. Paul Hokemeyer. Turns out that trying to be perfect, a personality trait that is analogous to finding the Holy Grail or Fountain of...
15 May Tall Tales: Begley’s Biography of Updike, Reviewed
If you marvel at the prose of John Updike, you’ll enjoy the biography by Adam Begley. I suppose my job is to answer the question for non-believers: Why should I read this? My answer is this: Begley’s fine portrait helps us see the combination of family...
14 May Ah Haa LitFest Workshop: Amy Irvine McHarg & Craig Childs
“Raising the Dead: A Walking Celebration of Landscape and Literature,” Saturday, May 17 Writers, readers and lovers of books are invited to a workshop with award-winning Colorado authors Amy Irvine McHarg and Craig Childs on Saturday, May 17, 8:30 am-noon. Participants will spend the morning...
14 May Mountainfilm Announces Festival Films
FULL LINEUP OF FESTIVAL FILMS We’re excited to announce this year’s outstanding lineup of festival films! See the entire list of films here and special guests here. ONLINE SCHEDULE & DETAILS COMING SOON Want to check out all of the highlights at this...
14 May Second Chance: Keep Your Dogs at Home
As a fairly recent arrival here at Second Chance I’ve noticed that a lot of dogs end up here because their people let them run loose. Luckily many loose dogs are picked up off highways by concerned people and delivered to animal shelters like Second...