Columnists - The Durango Herald

Sunspots and Prominences

Greetings, stargazers. The total eclipse happened. I was lucky enough to be able to get to it and avoid the clouds, but stupid enough to spend much of the time during totality snapping photo...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Morley Nelson, birds of prey, and Snake River Canyon

I can think of no better legacy than to protect a landscape in perpetuity for wild species, but the politics of preservation are never easy. Near Boise, Idaho, Morlan “Morley” Nelson sought ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Deer beloved? Not always around Durango

Dear Action Line: Looking out my window into the backyard last week, I counted 20 deer, including four beautiful bucks and two sets of twins. A mountain lion has been visiting our in-tow...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

‘Disappointed’ Adventure Inn deal for bridge housing fell through

I was disappointed that the proposed purchase of the Adventure Inn in Durango had fallen through, as reported in The Durango Herald on March 30. Bridge housing, as the name implies, is a cri...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Patriotism: ‘Working to live up to ideals country founded on’

I see many people proclaiming themselves to be patriots. They wear the American Flag lapel pin. They may have flag bumper stickers. Possibly they have actual American flags or Gadsden flags ...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Creating More “Stewards of the Lands” through SJMA’s Visitor Centers

As a conversation starter, often visitors or folks who have recently moved here ask “Where are you from?” or “How long have you been here?” I respond with a confident “I grew up here.” So wh...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Relationship hits two years without meetup

DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who matched with another guy on a dating site two years ago this month. At first, we texted constantly. No one has ever made me feel the way he made me feel through...

DATE: Apr 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Date marking on food is misleading, but the nose knows

There comes a time in every kitchen when you’re faced with the question, “Does this smell bad?” Without hesitation, I feel my yuck face take shape and a strange combination of dread and curi...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Our Own Lives a new way to build community

Warm weather, barbecues, playing in the local rivers and lakes, hiking, biking and launching a new way to build community! In July, the portion of Community Connections Inc. that provides se...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Let’s play climate change game: ‘Adapt/Move/Die’

Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting . . . now. The game is called Adapt/Move/Die, and the rules are simple. The ob...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

25-year marriage in intimacy-free zone

DEAR ABBY: I’m in a sexless 25-year marriage. It was not always this way, but any intimacy has been over for more than a decade. My wife’s libido has waned, which I understand. What she does...

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grandma not allowed to hold baby

DEAR ABBY: My oldest daughter, “Kate,” is 22. Her baby is now 6 months old. She is the first grandchild and great-grandchild. Kate refuses to allow my mom to hold her baby. My mom has held t...

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby