Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Meals by mail

Competition grows to deliver ready-to-cook dinners

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

An easy, anytime cake

Sometimes simple is just what the doctor ordered. And sometimes cake is just what the doctor ordered. And because we all know that we should be careful about mixing prescriptions,...

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

The Grapevine: Red wines of Burgundy can be complex, fascinating

Most of us are familiar with the delightful wines made from pinot noir grapes. There are excellent examples from California, Oregon, New Zealand, Australia and Chile. The birthpl...

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Durango-area churches to offer Holy Week services

Many area churches will hold special services and events during the week leading up to Easter. An asterisk indicates child care is provided. Most other churches will hold their re...

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Fired pregnant teacher settles with school HELENA, Mont. – A teacher fired from a Catholic school in Montana after an anonymous letter writer said she was unmarried and pregnant r...

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mother Teresa will become saint Sept. 4

VATICAN CITY – Mother Teresa will be made a saint Sept. 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date this week, paving the way for the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor to be...

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Being a gay Christian isn't a contradiction. So why do my OkCupid matches flee when I mention church?

Since reactivating my OkCupid profile two months ago, I’ve received dozens of messages mentioning my religion. My identity as a Christian is important to me, so I let potential su...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

What to do about a coworker who won't stop staring

Q: A guy at work stares at me. He holds eye contact all the time, and he works near enough to me that if he is moving around his cube and I happen to look at him, I see him looking at me. He...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Why I let my children see me and my husband argue

Dr. Phil says fighting in front of your kids is nothing short of abuse. It’s a good thing he wasn’t at my house this morning. I was so irritated with my husband that I removed mys...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Have we seen the end of El Niño?

Recent dry weather pattern contradicts early season forecast for wet winter

DATE: Mar 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Controversial village in Grand Canyon denied

“The Havasupai Tribe opposes the large development …” “The Hopi Tribe, other tribes, the park and other groups are opposed to any development in the area …” “We are …...

DATE: Mar 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life