True, the Northern Lights have become more frequent in the last few years over Southwestern Colorado, typically the outermost limit of their reach. But not to worry, this is not the end times, at least as far as celestial events go.
As residents displaced by last week’s flooding in Vallecito and Pagosa return home, they are being offered help, not just from neighbors, GoFundMes and the government, but none other than America’s original televangelical family.
Our friends at Ska are making headlines again. This week, their flagship Mexican Logger was at the top of the Denver Post’s “12 Colorado craft beers to keep stocked in your fridge” (or river cooler.)
Tired of the same old kibble? Pagosa Springs resident Holly Mazur has just what the “dogtor” ordered. Mazur recently published “Healthy Cooking for Your Dog: Wholesome Recipes for a Long, Happy Life.” Written in conjunction with a veterinarian, the 116-page, glossy hardback features recipes for everything from Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream and Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies to a Mexican Taco Bowl and Turkey and Vegetable Meatloaf.
Given Purg’s ski swap this weekend, the dubious fate of Hesperus Ski Area and that we hadn’t heard a peep from the Hesperus Ski Swap folks, we very erroneously assumed a few weeks back that the Hesperus Ski Swap – like Frito pie in the Quonset hut – was a thing of the past.
