Columnists - The Durango Herald

Yin and yang of two separate selves

Yin-Yang is the ancient Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces. The yin is represented by the black; the yang by the white. The yin represents the ne...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘I hate pickleball’

I’m 65 now, which means that, according to federal law, I have to start playing pickleball. But I don’t want to play pickleball. I hate pickleball. I’m fine with AARPers all over America lov...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Thanks, senator. You must be reading the Herald’

Well, I had no idea that The Durango Herald was so powerful. If you caught my March 10 column with the headline, “Betting, transfer rules make CU ‘Compromise University,’ ” you know I was n...

DATE: May 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Shop for a cause

Thrift shopping is sustainable, but did you know that local thrift stores also help support the greater good of the Durango area? When making a purchase at a local thrift store, your money i...

DATE: May 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Why you should embrace discomfort

Raise your hand if you find pleasure in discomfort. In bewilderment, you ask, what kind of ridiculous question is that? If people liked discomfort, there would be no such thing as slippers, ...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Performing arts in bloom

Durango’s persistent shortage of social and performing arts venues is changing. Tonight (May 12), Durango’s finest mid-sized performance venue will host another memorable recital and a new v...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Mighty Poplar plays Tico Time

Sometimes, you just have to play some bluegrass music. Musicians like bass player Greg Garrison, banjo player Noam Pikelny, guitar player Chris “Critter” Eldridge, mandolin player Andrew Ma...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Family caregivers an important support for people with disabilities

It’s no secret that services for people with disabilities have long suffered from a shortage of support staff. Since the pandemic, that support has become a crisis. Nationally, policymakers ...

DATE: May 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Revelations of sex abuse sow shock

DEAR ABBY: I recently was told that my late father-in-law was a serial child abuser who molested his daughter and at least two of his grandchildren. My husband loved and deeply respected his...

DATE: May 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Is food thy medicine or thy poison?

Is food your medicine and supporting your health and healing, or is it your poison working against you and making you feel worse? If you struggle from aches and pain, digestive discomfort, h...

DATE: May 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Your local library can help you in ways you may not know

Every so often we librarians will hear that age-old refrain, “Who needs libraries anymore?” After all, isn’t everything online now? We all have computers right? Heck, with ebooks, we don’t e...

DATE: May 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

Does moving fairgrounds make horse sense?

Dear Action Line: I’m wondering why the powers-that-be want to move the La Plata County Fairgrounds from its current spot on north Main to a plateau far, far away. I love having it in to...

DATE: May 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line