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Divest or desist: Are you doing the right thing?

Praise be to Nero’s Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody’s shouting “Which side are you on?” – Bob Dylan, “Desolation Row” ...

As nights cool, tomatoes may need special attention

By Darrin Parmenter With the return to school, so came the cooler nights. Early mornings, wrangling two kids out of bed, chucking them in the shower, feeding them and ...

Clubhouse Porch

Go ahead and show some skin. The Durango Dermatology “Skins” Game and Progressive Best Ball tournament is Saturday at the Hillcrest Golf Club. This is the most fun format of the s...

Spot of tea? Scones for the arts

Mother Nature threatened rain but instead delivered a perfect summer day for the tea party held to benefit Durango Friends of the Arts on Aug. 9. The event was held at the home of...

Blind Moon Alley is hard-boiled, gritty enjoyment

John Florio is a journeyman writer of anything that covers the rent, and a closet novelist who’s finally come out with two very entertaining mysteries and the possibility of the creation of ...

Tossing some stories and bolas with old buddies

So, what happens when four friends get together at a remote lake high in the Colorado mountains 35 years after they graduated together from high school? What dangerous hijinks ensue? ...

Mysterious green ‘bike circle’ is no cause for alarm

What’s up with the bright-green manhole cover on 8th Street between Main and East Second avenues? It’s the same color as those “bike boxes.” So, is this some sort of new “bike circle?” And i...

With telescope, mine the riches of constellation Lyra

Greetings, stargazers. I hope you have been enjoying the dog days of summer. One reason these might be called the dog days is because Sirius, the dog star, is now roughly aligne...

Local organizations stepping up to teach financial literacy

Several years ago when I tutored high school students, I met a young woman who needed math credits. As I worked with her for a few weeks, I learned about her life – it seemed pre...

Integrate population, health and the environment

If we had unlimited resources, we wouldn’t need to be concerned about human population. We live in a wonderful, rich world, but we need to share with such a large number of people and other ...

Fire’s legacy

Devastating Main Avenue blaze changed the community in lasting ways

Coming retail space will form a bridge to the future

Standing at the glass-recycle station, I could hear the wailing of the train whistle and the bells telling me that the great black engine was chugging toward me. I’m a longtime fan of the hi...