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17 Mar PAT BAILEY: SPIRITUALITY WITH RELIGION
I have been talking about the “spiritual revolution” as described by religious scholars Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead, philosopher Charles Taylor, and psychoanalyst David Tacey. The question raised in last Sunday’s post was: Is the current turn toward inner experience expressive of anything more than...
16 Mar POET’S CORNER: KNIFE FUGUE
Editor’s Note: TIO is excited to welcome poet Kierstin Bridger to our Poet’s Corner family. Kierstin is the 2011 winner of the Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and the contest’s 2012 judge. She splits her time between Telluride and Ridgway and is currently pursuing her MFA...
16 Mar DOG’S BEST FRIEND: TEACHING A BIG DOG NEW TRICKS
Master dog trainer, Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel shows how, with the proper training, all dogs can correct bad habits. In this video, Hoff introduces Vega, a beautiful, shaggy, black Newfoundland. Vega has a tendency of getting excited around food, people and other...
16 Mar EARTH MATTERS: A CASE STUDY IN FOOD REGULATION
In my last post, I explained that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the application for the commercialization of AquAdvantage salmon — genetically modified salmon. Although the public at large finds confidence in “FDA approved” products, I discussed why perhaps this...
16 Mar ST. PATRICK’S DAY: THE COMING OF SPRING
Green beer. Green hats. The greening of the Chicago River. Dying stuff green is how we usually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in this country. But for me, St. Patrick’s Day is important because it means spring is here. Longer days. More light. And the real...
16 Mar “THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE”
It has been a joy to discover there are still good, new musicals being produced that capture modern life. For musicals to work, they have to have both excellent narrative and strong, character-driven songs. “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is just such a...
16 Mar SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN WEATHER: STORMY WEATHER ON THE WAY
Another very warm, sunny day (Friday) with variable high clouds and light backing SW winds. We’ll see a warm night with increasing SSW winds (30-40 MPH gusts) Saturday in advance of a large low pressure trough moving down the coast from the Pacific NW. The...
16 Mar ALACAZEM 2012.03.15
March 15 to 22, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Saturn Evening: Mars, Venus and Jupiter I’ve been writing the Alacazem astrology column now for 24 years. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that I’ve come up with Sun-sign forecasts and intros for that long – week after...