Columnists - The Durango Herald

Thank-you note has big impact

DEAR ABBY: Some time ago, you printed a letter from a grandmother who said she was changing her will because neither her adult children nor her grandchildren ever wrote her thank-you notes w...

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stepdaughter’s behavior has worn thin

DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 30s; my husband is 46. We have been married three years. He has a 24-year-old daughter, “Kiki.” Kiki has always been spoiled and catered to; she learned how to lie...

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Working together, we can build a more just, vibrant, diverse and responsive political system

On Nov. 5 and the weeks leading up to Election Day, La Plata County voters participated in our democracy making their voices heard through their vote – one method of participatory democracy....

DATE: Nov 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Insulin Resistance the pre-cursor to diabetes

November is National Diabetes month, and it’s a great time to raise awareness about diabetes and to learn how to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes, especially if it runs in your family. Well,...

DATE: Nov 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Bicyclists’ safety on the line on U.S. Highway 550?

Dear Action Line: I’m concerned about the recently repaved and restriped area on U.S. Highway 550 between County Road 250 near the top of Shalona Hill and the turnoff to Rockwood. While ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

There are paths to reconciliation, repair

The Durango Herald published an article (Herald, Oct. 30) about a local county commissioner candidate’s wife, who is white, posting a photo of herself on Instagram dressed as Pocahontas ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

McLachlan reflects on eight years of service listening, compromising and understanding

Only 100 Coloradans at any one time have the job I have been honored to hold for the last eight years as a state legislator; I never really thought about that until I started nearing the end...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

San Juan Mountains Association's Annual FUNdraiser, Christmas Trees for Conservation

I got the first text from a friend to go skiing on Oct. 21 this year. Safe to say with this early cold snap, we’re all looking forward to the winter rituals after a hot summer. I’ll say, I’m...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

The Wild Bunch rides again – on bicycles

Over a century ago Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and their fellow outlaws, The Wild Bunch, rode the Outlaw Trail from Robber’s Roost in Utah to Hole in the Wall, Wyoming. Along the way th...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Comets are enjoying some extra attention

Greetings stargazers. This has been an eventful month. From my backyard I got to see an aurora and a comet with my naked eyes. Yes, the camera showed both of those much more clearly, but it ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Bitter feelings for mean teacher persist

DEAR ABBY: My elementary school teacher passed away recently. I hadn’t seen her in more than 20 years because of how she made me feel. I remember her as manipulative and having a negative at...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Partner wants intimacy only with a third person

DEAR ABBY: I’m in an open relationship with my partner. We both enjoy hooking up with other people, but only if we agree on the person. It was going great; I still got my one-on-one time wit...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby