Columnists - The Durango Herald

Food as an offering of love

In the harried pace of a typical day, food often is reduced to only being a means to an end. It is often something we don’t consider much – just a way to refuel the tank and keep going. I wa...

DATE: May 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Should bench be benched? Well, take a seat

Dear Action Line: Could you dig up some dirt on the “cob bench” thing in Buckley Park? It was kerplunked there years ago without permission. Winter was not kind to this lumpy brown mass....

DATE: May 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Power of art: Denise, heaven’s receptionist, best thing on TikTok

Do you ever wonder what heaven is like? Well, I know, because I have seen it in a joyful, witty TikTok series featuring Denise, heaven’s receptionist. Denise is a gum-chewing, keyboard-clack...

DATE: May 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Give ‘old-timers,’ ‘legends’ their lifetime Purg passes

Another ski season has come and gone, and to the unsuspecting tourist, everything was business as usual. Stellar, in fact. “Record-breaking” on all fronts to anyone who wasn’t around in the ...

DATE: May 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Reader gives recipe a twist

DEAR ABBY: I have seen you mention in your column your cookbooklets of favorite recipes. I hope the meatloaf recipe is included. Years ago, I cut out your meatloaf recipe, and it’s been a st...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman thinks beau has raised freeloaders

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for two years. He has two grown children, 27 and 21. Both have good jobs and work full time. I have a son who is 12. The issue is family vacatio...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Energy choices come into focus

Whitewater boating season offers a metaphor for our local energy supply. We’re in the calm pool edging closer and closer to the lip of the rapid, before plunging into frothy waves below. Tha...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Cleaning up downtown and wrapping up spring rewards

The Durango Business Improvement District and the Durango Chamber of Commerce have partnered for 20 years on Downtown Clean Day. BID is a proud member of the Chamber for many reasons, includ...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Wife reflects on marriage to alcoholic

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 39 years to a kind, supportive and loving man. We are both retired. He stays fit with daily exercise, reads, keeps track of our financials and is fun to be...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Outside consultants ‘detrimental to local democratic process’

There is an unusual erosion of locally based civic life underway in Durango and La Plata County. We are told that American civic life has been in decline since the middle of the last century...

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Check out the Slackers at Ska Brewing

A sought-after venue for a ska band to play a show is Durango’s own Ska Brewery. It’s a glorious ask to be invited to perform at a brewery named after the style of music your band plays; it...

DATE: May 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Honoring our top 4-H graduates

The month of May means we get to celebrate our graduating high school seniors and award the La Plata County 4-H Higher Education Scholarships. These scholarships are given out to our outstan...

DATE: May 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office