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Refrigerator crisis solved by cool local business

“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That’s not a criticism; they’re passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that’s why they got in the ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Fresh layer of mulch can revive your weary garden

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Supermoon illuminates web of connections

On Sunday, Durango and the rest of the U.S. experienced a supermoon, a time when the moon’s elliptical orbit is closest to the Earth, making the moon appear larger than usual. For those of ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Clubhouse Porch

(Hashtag) What a PGA Championship. # Seventy-foot chip should have gone in. # Let’s have foursomes on the final round. # Television coverage would last 90...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

Education pays, but that may be changing

That education is strongly associated with economic growth and higher income over one’s lifetime is nothing new. A bachelor’s degree is, on average, worth about $830,000 more than a high sch...

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Public-art uproar the latest in a long history

Not again – the uproar over “Arc of History” has an upside, a funny bone and a deep history. Every public-art installation in Durango has brought out complaints, jokes and the al...

DATE: Aug 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

‘Seniors,’ ‘Elders’: What shall we call our aging selves?

Older adults are referred to in many ways. We are said to be “retired,” which is a very broad category and not necessarily correct, as many people of all ages can be retired or n...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Understanding hormones is key to help women feel happy, healthy

A woman’s reproductive hormones guide her body through the cycles of life. Their main job is to allow us to have children, but they have an effect on every cell in our bodies. Bo...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Green Medicine

Changing your own behavior is a matter of personal choice

I try to convince skeptical coworkers (and myself) that my messy desk really is working for me. If I put it away, it’s out of sight, out of mind. Your system might not work for me. I am a un...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Can you afford to buy a home?

Figuring out what you can comfortably afford means knowing the major things you need to budget for when you buy a home. From one-time expenses like the down payment to ongoing costs like tax...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

‘Ark of Hysteria’ rocks boat with interesting symbolism

Congestion at the U.S. Highway 550/160 intersection is nothing compared to the volume of comments about the sculpture now adorning that crossroad. Readers fulminated with a fusill...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Our definition of death is subject to change

I was a medical student when I first saw someone die. A middle-aged woman lay in the intensive-care unit surrounded by machinery that recorded her heartbeat, measured her blood pr...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

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