Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

A nightmarish bedtime routine

Q: My two girls, ages 3 and nearly 7, share a room but will not go to sleep unless each has a parent by her side until she passes out. Anything less, and it’s complete waterworks and screami...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Unfinished business: A feminist calls out her feminist grandmother

BOULDER – Shira Frank and her grandmother, Helen Redman, sat next to each other on a couch in a living room lined with art, talking about the things that connected them: namely, blood, love ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Go ahead and talk politics on a first date

On a first date, would you talk about Hillary Clinton’s private email server or Donald Trump’s feud with Megyn Kelly? During an election season, politics are bound to come up – and that’s a ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

To catch the OkCupid or Tinder rush, log on from 9 to 10 p.m.

The combination of new year’s resolutions, cold weather and the proximity to Feb. 14 help make this the biggest time of the year for online dating. With all the extra fish in the ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Soup concentrate kicks the can

DIY bases are easy and healthy

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

I tried to nurture my boyfriend out of his depression – it only made things worse

“Come back to me,” I’d say to my boyfriend while we were in bed together. Physically he was right there, but mentally he was miles away. “I want to,” he’d reply. “I really do. I j...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Sober as a judge?

Not quite, at Snowdown’s annual chili cook-off

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Why do vintages run hot and cold? Blame the weather

Collectors track elements before cracking a bottle

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Double chins, bad lighting and lots of cats: This is how you look while swiping through Tinder

There’s no shortage of art projects inspired by online dating. There’s the Belgian artist who displayed Tinder profiles side-by-side with users’ LinkedIn photos. Or the woman who responded t...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Staying friends with my ex is hard. Here's why it's still worth it

I wasn’t particularly offended when my boyfriend told me: “You wouldn’t make a good pastor’s wife.” But I was confused. I’d spent 13 years in the closet as a student in...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Key witness reveals how polygamists operated

‘Burner’ phones used to speak with fugitive polygamous leader

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

St. Columba Parish invites Catholics back St. Columba Parish in Durango invites Catholics to come back to the church through its Landings program. During several sessi...

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion