Columnists - The Durango Herald

Can’t see the forest for lack of parking?

Dear Action Line: When is it going to stop snowing? I’m just kidding – I love it! Because I love snowshoeing up at Haviland Lake. Only problem is, so do a lot of other people. The small ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

The end of the public health emergency

It’s official. The Biden Administration has announced the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023. It may not be the absolute end of COVID-19 in our lives, but it is the end of th...

DATE: Feb 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Estrangement causes second rift

DEAR ABBY: After my mother died several years ago, my father’s sometimes violent behavior flared up. A few years ago, I decided to stop spending time with him. My sister, who has received – ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Break-the-fast: Benefits of your morning meal

By 5:00 am there’s a hot cup of coffee in hand, a space heater on high, and a stare-off between myself and a blank Word document. In search of a topic, my eyes scan the environment. I brief...

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

Sports ethics compromised in organized contests more than pickup games

If you watched any of the World Cup games, you probably noticed a lot of players falling down for very little reason. Soccer – or futbal – players are the sport world’s best at flopping or d...

DATE: Feb 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Abrupt revelation shocks woman

DEAR ABBY: I had pretty much an ideal childhood. My parents have never had issues that I ever saw. We went to church every Sunday, gathered with family often, etc. I’m now grown, and my pare...

DATE: Feb 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

23 years of International Guitar Night

Australian-born guitar player Stephanie Jones got into the guitar because she thought it was “cool.” It wasn’t necessarily a pursuit of playing like a particular artist she admired, or learn...

DATE: Feb 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Orion shines in its spot in the sky

Greetings stargazers. We shouldn’t neglect to show appreciation to old friends, and yet it has been many years since I have dedicated a column to perhaps the most recognizable constellation ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Healing wounds at Sand Creek

As winter winds blow snow across Eastern Colorado’s High Plains where I grew up, I think again about Sand Creek and the November 1864 massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho who thought they were s...

DATE: Feb 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Overcoming political extremism: Attracting qualified candidates

To defeat extremism, nothing is more important than finding talented, ethical and qualified candidates to run for public office. But often, qualified citizens are reluctant to run. They expe...

DATE: Feb 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Binge eating and nutrition therapy

Do you lose all control in the presence of certain foods? Do you eat until you are uncomfortably full or even when you’re not hungry? Have you been diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder – BED...

DATE: Feb 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Newborn’s name triggers drama

DEAR ABBY: I recently gave birth to our second child, a girl. Shortly afterward, my husband called his mother. She lives in a different state hours away and visits only once a year. When he ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby