My friend’s reply: The windchill is below zero, and he’s wearing a short-sleeved shirt and no shoes. What kind of grandmother are you? I’m calling Child Protective Services. Thus began…
A: I have written a couple of columns about children and lying, but this one piqued my interest because of your daughter’s ADHD and “intense personality.” Lying frustrates many a…
From an early age, I craved my own space. My father once crafted a spaceship out of a large cardboard box, the television blasted static to signify takeoff – I…
It was a blue-and-white striped dress with an A-line silhouette and a sweetheart neckline. The bottom trim was lined with hot pink, yellow, green, turquoise and white. The dress was…
I am here to tell you that dating as a young adult is more like a vast expanse littered with trash fires as far as the eye can see. OK,…
I will scrutinize, analyze and dissect you, in order to find any and every flaw, regardless of how insignificant. I guarantee that, by the end of the night, your minor…
Still, I was nervous. Catching him on the phone as he was leaving work, I told him – my voice mostly steady – that I loved his daughter and wanted…
Every four years, when America chooses a new president, that question gets asked. We would like to update that tradition and posit what it would be like to go on…
Did I expire at 40 and just not notice? I suppose I should be grateful that people stopped poking their nose into my business, but I have to admit that…
But since the app started letting users include their jobs and education in November, daters are getting fuller pictures of their potential matches. Users who note their job and education…
We exchanged several emails about his business and made plans to get together for what I thought was a purely professional conversation. But within minutes of meeting and ordering drinks,…
The caption for this March 2, 1966, photo read: “At times this morning it was still and fairly bright. At other times, visibility was a hundred yards or less. In…
75 years ago: “Silverton got away to a slow start against Bayfield in the Thursday afternoon opening session and held a rather scrawny 12-3 lead at half-time.” 50 years ago:…
75 years ago: “The favorites of the San Juan Basin League Basketball Tournament at Durango came through with crashing victories in Thursday night’s second-round games at Smiley Junior High Gym.”…
In this Feb. 28, 1991, photo, “Sgt. 1st Class Joe Ghere and Spc. Doris Brungard answer phones at the Durango National Armory Thursday, providing information about the unit dispatched to…
Daniel Heumann, 10, walks with his parents Micah and Sara Heumann and brother Asher, 7. Daniel was born a girl and named Naima, but has identified as a boy ever…
Ted emerges on the scene and deceives his longtime crush. (She didn’t know about him hiring a detective to find her, you see.) His lying is exposed, yet somehow he…
75 years ago: “Mrs. W. Hall of Bloomfield and Mrs. Glyde Hubbard and daughter of (Aztec) were Durango shoppers, Wednesday.” 50 years ago: “The concert by the Navajo Tribe and…
Because people have died taking selfies, Mumbai, India, has declared 16 no-selfie zones to try to prevent people from taking unnecessary risks.Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press But the pursuit of the most…
People who hold such beliefs act less selfishly, study shows
New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops Executive Director Allen Sanchez, left, and Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester talk before the start of an immigration forum at Our Lady of Guadalupe…
75 years ago: “Durango Lions Club will meet at the Strater this evening for dinner and a discussion of entertainment plans for April and May.” 50 years ago: “In city…
Parent-approved tips for hitting the road this spring break
Researchers say women who inserted a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month were partially protected against HIV infection. Two large studies in Africa found the effect…
Pediatric Associates of Durango is the recipient of the 2015 Green Business Leadership Award. The selection committee chose the medical practice for making significant changes in the health care field,…
