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Not just interested in the past

It’s easy to look at an archaeological society as a bunch of dusty old academics (or Indiana Jones) in pith helmets. Blame the movies for that. But the San Juan Archaeological Soc...

DATE: Dec 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Mastery returns to shelves: great reissues of 2014

The music business can’t survive on new music alone. Many records are born again decades after their original release through the reissue, which often contains bonus material, ou...

DATE: Dec 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

And a ‘very Merry Christmas to all’

The holidays reach a climax today as many La Plata County residents gather with family and friends to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day festivities. Four weeks of anticipatio...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Neighbors A landmark – and delicious, too

Years ago, a group of people wanted a bigger solution at Manna Soup Kitchen. Rather than continuing to feed more and more people every year, in a Solomonic action harkening back to the story...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

You can celebrate holidays without eating too much

By now, you are probably quite busy with community or family gatherings. The dinner is cooking (or you already have plans for eating out), and Christmas wrapping and gifts are scattered all ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Today, feel beauty, hurt of our world

Hallelujah! A true radical is born. If there is one thing I’ve learned in my 30-odd years on Earth, it is this: Do not disparage tradition lightly – no matter how incommensurable...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Butterfly Effect applies to your local business

Are you familiar with the Butterfly Effect? Here is one of many variations: “When a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, it can cause a hurricane in another part of...

DATE: Dec 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Bottom Line

A Christmas gift: Six book picks for readers

Let’s take the 12 days of Christmas thing, and let’s suppose that you can read a 200-something-page novel in two days. Here are six golden eggs from the Geese-A-Laying day, my gi...

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Murder Ink

Manage your medications responsibly

The development of medications to treat a broad range of diseases and unpleasant symptoms has accelerated in the past several decades. If you think about it, a century ago, with...

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Winter: Yay or nay?

The snow and chill bring smiles to some, frowns to others

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Wag more, bark less with annual Christmas doggerel

’Twas three days ’fore Christmas, and all through our towns Events of the past year brought smirks and some frowns. We’ll look at what happened for better or worse; ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Gift of gratitude better than any material present

We’ve been entering the holidays, which I’m happy to say has been our typical spirited mash-up, all of which could provide material for the Sinatra holiday video remix of “My Way.” Which is ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

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