Outdoors

Muhlestein Greenhouse offers keys to plant a successful Victory Garden

With stay-at-home orders issued amid a worldwide pandemic, now is the perfect time to grow a garden. Gardens offer a reason to get outside, grow fresh produce full of flavor, save money, take fewer trips to the grocery store, and even improve mental health. Gardening during uncertain times is a...

There is much crows and ravens can teach us

“Once upon a midnight dreary...” begins the poem, The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. It tells the story of a man who has lost his beloved Lenore and yearns for her presence only to be told by an ominous raven that he will hold her “nevermore.” In this poem and in many cultures, ravens and crows serve...

Photo of the Week

The Mittens of Monument Valley peeking out from beneath a soft blanket of clouds. Joe B Lyman photo

Photo of the Week

Roam if you want to, roam around the world

by Mary Cokenour “I hear a wind, whistling air, whispering in my ear.” (Roam, by the B-52s) Surrounded by majestic Ponderosa Pine, sailing upon a one-track trail and the breeze whispers into ears a blessed silence. Welcome to mountain biking in the Abajo Mountains with Roam Industry. Opening its...

Photo of the Week

First rays of a beautiful San Juan morning hit South Peak on the Abajo Mountains. Mikel Moses photo

A black, hairy tarantula with a brown rump and a small waist

When I was six, I was reading Wind in the Willows in my bedroom. Suddenly, something alerted me to danger, and I looked up just as a tiny spider crawled down the wall toward me. Mustering all my courage, I stayed still and watched as it scuttled closer and closer and closer. Finally, I could stand...