The Durango Telegraph Nov. 12, 2020

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Artist draws on pandemic, president for ‘funny pages’ p9

Forget the greasy, sloppy mess – here’s how to do ’em right p11

Coming full circle.

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4 La Vida Local

There’s nothing like a global pandemic and societal collapse to get you off the couch

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Runner’s low

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Canis lupus returnus

Wolves won in Colorado – now what?

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Ear to the ground: “We have to live like we're on Gilligan's Island. Listen to the smart guy, not the millionaire.”

– Local employee’s strategy for getting back to work in a timely manner amid COVID

Extreme makeover

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You’ve probably passed them a million times: the decrepit white structures just to the north of Red Mountain Pass. Belonging to the Idarado Mining Co., the four buildings just got a new lease on life. Last month, Idarado donated the structures to Ouray County for the purpose of shoring up the historic structures. The houses were originally built in the late 1880s/early 1900s as housing in the once-booming ghost town of Eureka, northeast of Silverton.

In 1948, Idarado moved 10 of the houses to the current site on Red Mountain to be used as offices, temporary employee housing and a clinic, according to a story in the Silverton Standard. This was no easy feat, as Red Mountain Pass was a dirt road at the time. A Montrose company did the moving, which required dynamiting through the narrow road in some spots.

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Creating in COVID Artist puts his spin on “funny pages” for your quarantining enjoyment

13 Ask Rachel

by Missy Votel

14 Free Will Astrology 15 Classifieds

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On the cover: Mudra jumps for joy on E. Second Avenue earlier this week. And with the election over and fresh snow, who can blame him?/ Photo by Missy Votel

Skip the greasy, soggy mess – here’s how to do rellenos right

by Ari LeVaux

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We’re only human. If, by chance, we defame someone’s good name or that of their family, neighbor, best

friend or dog, we will accept full responsibility in a public flogging in the following week’s issue.

Although “free but not easy,” we can be plied with schwag, booze and flattery.

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The four structures that now stand are all that remain. They will be fixed up and maintained by the Ouray County Historical Society, which took over ownership Oct. 26. The Trust for Land Restoration helped negotiate the deal. It is estimated it will take two years to complete the repairs, which include foundation stabilization, rebuilding roofs, removing asbestos, repairing siding, and mitigating lead paint. The county will also need to negotiate with the Forest Service, which owns land on which two of the houses sit.

But first, the Ouray County Historical Society must raise funds to cover the work, estimated at $100,000. Organizers are hoping it will be a worthwhile investment, helping to preserve the area’s mining heritage while drawing in visitors.

To learn more about the project and its history, go to www.restorationtrust.org.

Out on top Kamala Harris wasnt the only female breaking glass ceilings last week. Last Wednesday, Tahoe climber Emily Harrington, 34, became the first woman to free-climb the Golden Gate route up El Capitan, the 3,000-foot monolith in Yosemite National Park, in under 24 hours.

Harrington pulled herself over the lip, her head bloodied and bandaged, 21 hours 13 minutes and 51 seconds after she began. This was her fourth attempt at breaking the 24-hour timeline on the 41-pitch ascent. Only three other climbers have accomplished the feat in a day.

She was accompanied by none other than friend and Mr. Free Solo himself, Alex Honnold.

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LaVidaLocal Runner’s low Everyone in the U.S. of A is on edge. Not only is a global pandemic going on, eight months after we thought it would be finished in two weeks, but we still won’t know for months who is the true, certified winner of Season 19 of “The Voice.” No wonder we’re all stressed out. We’re basically in survival mode. Which is the only good reason I can come up with to explain why I am still running.

You might remember that I started running as a doomed pre-New Year’s resolution last year, strictly to burn off enough calories to eat whatever I wanted over the holidays. It turns out, you cannot run enough to burn that many calories.

That is just one of many ways that running is not a useful skill.

The best use for running in this modern world is to get yourself back home faster once you realize that you never should have left the house in the first place. Running is as vestigial as our tailbones or general hygiene.

Humans learned to run so we could catch our food and – so long as we were one step faster than our S.O.s – evade predators. When is the last time any of us outran our dinner instead of running out for dinner? And we hardly ever get eaten anymore. Just look at the food we buy. Would you eat an overgrown monkey who subsists on Oreos?

Some people run for fun. These people are lying. Running sucks the air from your lungs and the joy from your day. But only for the first half mile or so, the runners tell me. Then your body resigns itself to its nihilistic fate – the sensation of giving up that these people spin as “the runner’s high.”

I cannot claim connoisseurship of recreational drugs, but among my experienced highnesses is the time I got mildly giddy off a permanent marker when we helped my fifth-grade teacher box up the classroom because she was transitioning to a less stressful career as, I don’t know, an anesthesiologist. Running has never yet offered me a whiff of anything like that marker.

Besides, used to be that any time I ran, I developed shin splints.

Thank god. This was my body’s natural defense against such a

painful and senseless activity. So I would stop running. For more than a decade, I never ran more than a half-mile at a time, and then only when I was really, really late for a really, really expensive appointment.

But then I did that stupid “Couch to 5k” program. Even though I never quite made it to the 5k part, I still ran farther than I had in the last 10 years combined. Then 2020 became ALL CAPS 2020, and I guess my survival-mode fight-or-flight kicked in, and… well… I flighted. I flighted my heart out after a well-intentioned running respite spent doomscrolling toilet paper memes for a few months.

And when I pulled up from flighting, I nearly pulled off another survival-mode F: fainting.

My body declared in clear, articulate terms that running is stupid and it would have no more of it. In fact, it used another survival-mode F-word to make its point heard.

I agreed with my body, in that I knew it was right. But I didn’t agree enough to give up. Not this time. Not when my only remaining untried COVID-days activity was to fail at baking sourdough bread. I’d already organized the shed and dusted the house once. And running sounded better than doing that again.

So out the door I went, like the idiot I am, and I ran.

This is the part of the story where I tell you how I was wrong about running, and I experienced some beautiful epiphanies alone in nature that revealed to me, after all these years, that the purpose of running is that it has no purpose outside itself and that’s where I found true peace.

Except, like all runners, I am also a liar.

Here’s what really happened: I finally ran 4 miles for the first time, and on that same run I also ran 5 miles for the first time, because I explored a less-traveled country road that turned out to be a dead end instead of a loop. I later went up another new road and set a personal record for sprint speed because two big mutts with big white teeth scared the Gatorade out of me.

I guess my running abilities really did save my life. But I would be just as alive, and a lot less terrified, if I had just stayed put. So that’s what I’ll be doing, in point of fact. Until I run out of Oreos.

– Zach Hively

Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The American electoral process thus far holding up under Trump’s onslaught of false claims, with Joe Biden being widely accepted as the winner and Kamala Harris becoming not only the first female Veep, but also the first VP of color

The third wave of COVID hitting hard nationally and locally, with the surge in La Plata County closing schools and businesses, swamping local test sites and hospitals, and forcing a move into code “orange” safer-at-home restrictions

CARES Act funding making it possible for all Durango High School students to receive Chromebook laptops this week, just as the school transitions to all-online learning

More hurdles in the never-ending Mark Redwine case, with a mistrial being declared this week due to COVID

Reports that a COVID 19 vaccine that is 90 percent effective is on the horizon and could be rolled out in a matter of months

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Trump refusing to acknowledge the reality of the election results or helping in the peaceful transition of power, despite a virtually non-existent path of recourse

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Finally Using a special high-definition 3-D printer and an electron microscope, researchers in the Netherlands claim to have created the world’s smallest boat, which measures 30 micrometers from bow to stern (roughly one third the thickness of a human hair).

The act seemed pointless to many, but then again, that tiny boat is perfect because it’ll hold every Telegraph employee who was disappointed that Trump lost.

WordontheScreen With Donald Trump apparently on his way out of the White House, the Telegraph asked, “What should Trump’s new reality show be called?”

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“‘Trump’s Dictation.’ It’s a show where Trump thinks he is still president.”

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Advocating for rural Colorado To the editor, I am honored and humbled to be re-elected as your House District 59 Representative. As I continue to advocate for rural economic development, education, water rights and clean air, I will listen to your concerns and act on your behalf with integrity and honesty. Tuesday’s victory is for the hardworking Coloradans who want to preserve our way of life and see increased opportunity in their businesses, schools and communities.

Thank you to my supportive family, incredible staff, loyal constituents and Energizer Bunny volunteers who have the confidence in me to continue working hard and across the aisle on their behalf. I will continue to represent all of you, and will always be available to listen to your concerns.

– Rep. Barbara McLachlan D-Durango

No fancy, chancy get-togethers To the editor, Please, if you have more than one outsider coming to your home for Thanksgiving, insist on COVID-19 testing before anyone sticks their fork in turkey or tofu, and do not turn the first holiday celebration into a fancy chancy get-together. Pass this respectful message on in your neighborhood and in any other form you have at your fingertips.

Without national mandated virus instructions, We the People are on our own.

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A shared vision of living

To the editor, I often have excuses that keep me from loving this place.

It costs too much to live here: there is ongoing drought; there aren’t jobs; it’s hard to make friends; and it feels superficial, narcissistic and obsessed with gear and the next cool outdoor achievement. While I think many of these things ring true if you look through a certain lens, there is also another version that resides within me that allows for more peace. I have chosen to live here in the mountains and in the desert, because of its beauty, because it’s a little hard to get to. Its expansiveness provides a sense of possibility while also inspiring fear at times. And I'd like to love this place for more than those reasons, to really find a way to feel at home – cultivating that sense of inner groundedness while feeling truly part of a community.

I dream of working with a small group of people (maybe three to five) who want to build homes on land.

Everyone can have their own home, and there can also be some shared space for gardening, leasing to a farmer or creating a community building. It’s a way to have privacy and home while also having community when it is desired, and it is a way to overcome the force of capitalism that is making this area unaffordable to so many of us.

Do others have this dream? Maybe you can reach out and a conversation could begin if you are someone interested who also has some savings, but perhaps not enough to really own much land on their own. There are models of shared land ownership out there that I think can be legally robust and not as scary as people believe, and I’m interested to learn more and explore this with some other folks to see what we can come up with. Reaching out to me isn’t a commitment, I certainly don't have all the answers, it’s a gesture of genuine interest in making something like this become a reality if it ends up making sense – and just creating a starting point for conversation. Let me know, send me an email at rileyneugebauer@hotmail.com.

– Riley Neugebauer, Durango

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The sun sets over Durango last Friday as the town – and the world – awaits election results./Photo by Missy Votel

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Colorado wants wolves back Now comes the hard part as delisting jeopardizes funding, counties object

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eventy-five years after a government trapper killed Colorado’s last native gray wolf, voters have declared those efforts an ecological mistake by narrowly backing Proposition 114.

The measure directs state wildlife managers to reintroduce gray wolves to the Western Slope by the end of 2023. According to supporters, it’s the first time voters – in any state – have decided whether to bring back an endangered species.

“Now, together with biologists, ranchers, wildlife watchers and hunters, we will lean in to craft a future where co-existing with wolves is a widely shared value,” Rob Edward, of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund, announced in a message to supporters on Nov. 5.

Although the Associated Press had not formally called the race, which was still separated by 30,000 votes at the time, opponents conceded Thursday after determining the outstanding votes likely would not allow them to make up the gap.

In a message to opponents of the initiative, Patrick Pratt, deputy director for Coloradans Protecting Wildlife, which fought the measure, said ranchers and hunters mounted an effective campaign, nearly overcoming wolf supporters despite a $1.3 million fundraising gap.

“While the election did not turn out as we had hoped, we are moving forward to continue to educate Coloradans about the importance of this issue. The election results demonstrate that nearly half of Coloradans agree with us,” Pratt said.

Criticized as “ballot box biology,” passage of 114 means Colorado will become the first state where reintroduction of gray wolves is driven by voters rather than the federal government. Efforts by the latter have brought wolves back to the northern Rockies, New Mexico, Arizona and the Carolinas.

According to the ballot language, a plan for reintroduction must now be determined by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, which oversees Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Rebecca Ferrel, a spokesperson with the agency, said it’s important the agency has the time to come up with a plan based on science and public input, as directed by the ballot language.

“We want people to have a clear understanding that we won’t have a plan immediately,” she said.

In a small bit of irony, the wildlife commission has shot down four previous proposals to reintroduce gray wolves, most recently in 2016. While the ballot initiative directs the panel to restore wolves, it can largely determine the shape of a reintroduction program, including the source of Colorado’s future wolves, locations of releases on the West-

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Gov. Jared Polis appoints the members of the citizen commission. The governor remained neutral on Proposition 114, but before the election, his press secretary said, “if voters decide to pass wolf reintroduction, then Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be ready to implement their will.”

One big question hanging over future debates will be funding. Nonpartisan budget analysts estimated the wolf recovery could cost $800,000 for planning over the first two years. The state would need to spend roughly the same amount each year to implement the plan.

A precise estimate won’t be possible until the commission lands on a reintroduction plan. It also depends on the amount of livestock killed by any future wolves, which must be compensated by a state program according to the ballot initiative.

In any event, the financial burden could land entirely on already strained state budgets. Edward said reintroduction supporters hoped to cover 75 percent of the cost with federal grants for programs to support endangered species. However, that likely won’t happen if the Trump administration succeeds in its attempt to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list. The Department of Interior announced the move last month, but a coalition of environmental groups is already suing.

State Sen. Kerry Donovan, a Democrat who represents Vail, said those financial concerns are likely the most significant barrier to any reintroduction program.

“Getting paws on the ground does have significant hurdles in front of it,” Donovan said. “This all comes in the unforeseen circumstance of a couple years where we know there will be no extra money within

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Colorado’s budgets, and this is certainly a cost that needs to be accounted for.”

Donovan tried and failed to pass a bill to keep the initiative off the ballot earlier this year. She said the bill attempted to fill in many of the details left blank in the initiative. For instance, what entity should pay compensation for lost livestock? What happens if wolves spotted in northwest Colorado last winter appear to breed and begin to build a viable population?

Edward said he wouldn’t be against lawmakers looking into those issues.

“I would expect that the Legislature, especially a Democratic Legislature, would have some interest in trying to make things better,” he said. “There’s only so much you can do within the confines of a single ballot initiative.

Meanwhile, any attempt to release wolves could face fierce local opposition in the Western Slope. While a narrow majority of Coloradans supported the initiative, commissioners in 39 of the state’s 64 counties voted against the plan.

Ray Beck, a county commissioner with Moffat County in northwest Colorado, said he remains against wolf reintroduction but doesn’t see a way for county governments to stop the state. As it moves forward, he hopes wildlife officials collaborate with local governments and livestock producers.

He said the Front Range should brace for the predators — not just parts of rural Colorado. “If people think the wolves are just going to stay on the western side of the Continental Divide, I don’t see that.

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thesecondsection Dan Groth poses for a selfie with some of his latest artwork, originally destined for his upcoming Studio & show, “Insect Footprints.”

However, due to COVID, the show is being postponed until next spring. However, Groth is moving ahead with selling a newspaper he had printed for the show, the Funny Pages, which will contain Groths’ signature offbeat cartoons, short stories and, yes, activity pages./ Courtesy photo

Zany times Artist draws on past experience, pandemic and presidents for funny pages like no other

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a year, was planning to debut a slew of new works in his show, “Insect Footprints: An Accumulation of Events,” as well as a small newspaper, The Funny Pages, he had specially printed for the occasion. Although fans will have to wait until the cloud of COVID lifts in the spring (hopefully) to see Dan’s works, there is a silver lining. Or in this case, a paper one.

See, Groth had 1,000 copies of his paper printed to hand out during the show’s weeklong run. With the paper already done, he plans to sell copies at Studio & (1027 Main Ave.) for a small fee to help recoup his costs and the losses from not having the show. 4

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Local artist Dan Groth, who was to open his first solo show in three years at Studio & this Friday, learned this the hard way. As the inevitable third wave of COVID surged, and clampdowns on private and public gatherings ensued, his plans for a small socially distanced opening and casual parking lot gathering evaporated.

“The consensus for me and everyone else at the gallery was that having an opening would be irresponsible – and bad for me in showing my art show that I’ve worked so hard on,” a disappointed Groth said Tuesday evening. “So we’ve decided to postpone the show until sometime in the spring.”

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7 A poster for Dan Groth’s solo show, “Insect Footprints,” which sadly had to be postponed till next spring due to COVID. However, fans can still get their fill with Groth’s Funny Pages, a 16-page newspaper full of original comics, short stories and “activities.”

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FunnyPages from p. 9 “I’m hoping a lot of people buy them and maybe they’ll have favorites, which they’ll want to buy the original of,” he said. “Damn COVID indeed ... but I saw this coming honestly. Numbers have been sky high, and I was prepared.”

The paper was done with layout help from local graphic artist Emily Ciszek. As expected, it contains a mix of Groth’s bizarro cartoon panels, from “Chaos Lord” to “Minnesota Husband” all bearing his signature made-up names (Maggie Jazzsuit or Gregor Hamculture, anyone?) There is also a short-ish story and an activity page, complete with a “spot the differences” and connect-the-dots. There’s no doubt the paper will offer hours of quarantine enjoyment not to mention preponderance on the deeper meaning of such topics as talking elephants and elitist sharks.

But Groth himself warned not to read too much into all of it, referring to the panels, for the most part, as “nonsense” cartoons. “All this artistic jargon is just a way to justify me making a bunch of weirdo cartoons, which I personally find to be quite funny,” he said in his “word from the author.”

While a newspaper from Groth, who is better known for his trippy human-creature pen and ink drawings and his equally trippy “Horse Show” on KDUR, may seem far-fetched, rest assured. He is a man of many artistic talents.

“I’ve done some newspaper stuff,” he said. “I drew cartoons for newspapers in high school and college. Some were good; some weren’t. I tried to have a punch line.”

Perhaps his most notable contribution was “Adventures With Satan,” a comic strip that surely raised eyebrows and solicited a few extra Hail Marys at Luther College, the private Lutheran college he attended in Iowa. (It also makes a

rare re-appearance in The Funny Pages.) “It was sort of a satire on evil,” he said. “Satan would wear a sweater and things like that.”

Then, in the early 2000s, he drew a comic strip called “Zany Times” for the short-lived Voices Be Heard publication in Durango. And, he has even penned words for this very publication over the years.

Groth said most of the material in the paper was conceived in pandemic isolation, including the drawing that started it all – a hammer hitting a finger, leaving it in flat, smashed cartoonish glory. He drew it out of frustration, isolation and uncertainty after attending a show for Studio & founder Tim Kapustka last March. A show incidentally covered by this paper almost eight months ago to the day, right on the eve of the first shutdown.

“I guess the whole idea of ‘social distancing’ and people having to stay apart fed into some insecurities,” he said of the inspiration behind the d r a w i n g . “ E v e r y o n e ’s lives were upended. I don’t know what it would be like if this pandemic didn’t happen.”

In addition, the paper drew upon other events, including the election and the waning days of the Trump reign. “Some of it got kind of dark, with Trump especially,” he admitted.

But then again, there’s nothing wrong with a little dark humor, especially as we head into the dark days of winter. And while Groth said he was looking forward to the show as “one last blast of attention” before several more weeks of solitary confinement, he notes, “we’ve all gotten used to it by now.” And what better way to forget about the world than losing oneself in one’s art?

“I’m going to keep making art over the winter as a release,” he said. “And at least I can relax for the first time in weeks.”

Justin Adair with his mural “Cosmic Love.”

Cosmic Love: Art for the Everyday Speaking of making art in dark times, astute readers of the Telegraph will recall the Tim Burtoneqsue cover photo on Oct. 29. The painting was done by fourth-generation Durango native Justin Adair, who reached out to us from overseas to shed more light on the work.

A personal trainer by day, Adair was approached by the manager of the Everyday gas station on the corner of College and 8th, who is also a friend of his, to paint a new mural on the side of the station. The wall, which recently featured a Black Lives Matter mural, gets changed up every few months to feature work from new local artists.

For his work, “Cosmic Love,” Adair chose an iconic scene based on Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

“The idea was to have a scene that represents togetherness and love,” said Adair, who did not receive any money for his work and paid for all of the paint and materials himself. “I did this because I believe we need more real messages of positivity, color and passion in this world. Plus, this is the best and beautiful way for making a statement.”

(Adair also happens to be a former active duty Marine, so happy belated Veteran’s Day.) To see more of his work, check him out on Instagram at justindrewadair.

– Missy Votel

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Chiles rellenos done right

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hiles rellenos harnesses the glorious combination of chile and cheese, an unstoppable culinary force if ever there was one. Consider the pizzazz that chile flakes add to pizza, or the pungent spice a green chile adds to a cheeseburger, or the beer-absorbent qualities of a jalapeño popper, itself a miniature, simplified version of a chile relleno.

An ornery pepper, spicy and pungent, will soften in the creamy embrace of cheese, and each will taste more vivid in the presence of the other. A chile relleno builds on this combination, and wraps it in stiffened egg coating.

Once, when I was a restaurant critic in Albuquerque, I made the mistake of referring to the exterior of a chile relleno as a “batter,” in a review of Dahlia’s Central Mexican Cuisine. When the owner threatened to sue my newspaper, The Weekly Alibi, her list of grievances included the assertion that the coating on her chile relleno was a meringue, rather than a mere batter. She wasn’t wrong. (But I stood, and stand, by what I said about her albondigas).

Most people know chiles rellenos as an option on a Mexican combo plate, but it’s a lot more interesting as a main dish, served with a simple, fresh tomato sauce, which adds an acidic layer to the complex flavor. Yet with so much going for it, I think the standard restaurant version underachieves, weighted down unnecessarily by the grease absorbed by the deep-fried, spongy meringue. I reviewed them according to local standards and kept my true feelings to myself, but I never stopped comparing them to my first chiles rellenos, which I experienced on a farm in the Idaho panhandle.

Up there on Killarney Farm, chiles rellenos were a celebration of the twin seasons of chile and tomato. But instead of serving a chile relleno on a puddle of tomato sauce in the traditional style, Ellen Scriven would pour the stiff egg mixture over a cast iron pan full of roasted chiles and tomatoes, and bake the pan in the wood-fired cookstove, using only a fraction of the grease.

Roasting the green chile – be they jalapeño, Anaheim, New Mexico chile, poblano or another – is not only the

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Instead of the traditional tomato sauce, we roast the tomatoes along with the chile, and bake them with the cheese-stuffed chile in the stiff egg mixture.

Baked Chiles Rellenos, Northern Idaho-Style Serves two 4 large chiles 2 eggs, separated 2 tablespoons flour 3 ounces cheese, grated (Monterrey Jack, orange cheese, Mexican queso fresco, cotija, quesadilla or asadero) 2 tablespoons oil 1 medium tomato, sliced, or a handful of cherry tomatoes (about 4 ounces), each one pierced so it’ll collapse ½ medium onion, sliced (about 4 ounces) ¼ teaspoon each, salt and pepper Salsa

Place the chiles about five inches under the broiler, on a cookie sheet or the oven grate. About eight minutes in, you should be able to detect the odor of burning chile peels, a smell as seductive as that of baking bread. Turn them over and roast for about five minutes. Then, turn and roast the chile on a third side for four final minutes. You want the chile cooked all around, even if every square inch isn’t blistered.

Transfer the chiles to a container with a lid, and leave them for 15 minutes to “sweat,” a process that loosens the peels.

Meanwhile, separate the eggs and beat the whites stiff. Gently fold in the unbroken yolks (if you beat the yolks they will stick to the mixing bowl), and two teaspoons of flour.

When the chiles are cool enough to handle, gently peel them, pinching the peel here and there to help pull it away from the cooked chile flesh. If a chile falls apart, salvage as much cooked chile flesh as you can. My baked style is a lot more forgiving than the traditional greasy relleno.

Make two perpendicular slits near the top of the chile, like a “T,” and carefully scoop out the seeds and membranes. Sprinkle the rest of the flour on the chiles, rolling them carefully around a plate to mop up all the flour, inside and out. For the fallen-apart chiles, just put them back together as best you can after coating in flour. Stuff them with cheese and reconstruct as tightly as possible.

Mix the onions and tomatoes with the oil, salt and pepper and add this mixture to a cast iron skillet or heavy baking dish. Broil until they start to blacken on top. Then turn the oven to 400 degrees on bake.

Remove the pan from the oven and push the sizzling veggies toward the perimeter, leaving a space in the middle for the stuffed chiles. Place the chiles in the pan and spoon the meringue over the peppers, judiciously but completely, reserving some for your artful piles of tomato and onions.

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Thursday12 “My Academic Journey and the Old Leupp Boarding School,” a Zoom discussion by FLC Mellon Scholar in Indigenous Studies Davina Two Bears, 5-6 p.m. fortlewis.zoom.us/j/99137512196 Randy Crumbaugh plays, 5-8 p.m., 11th St. Station.

“Making More of MidTown,” a virtual meeting to explore ideas for the future of the MidTown Redevelopment Area, 5 p.m. Hosted by the City of Durango. For more information and links to a walking tour and survey, go to: DurangoGov.org/URA Tim Sullivan plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Jose Villareal plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. “Value Proposition: Pricing Your Work,” a free Spark Series virtual event, 6-8 p.m., presented by the Durango Creative District. Get link at: durangocreativedistrict.org “GMOs: The Science and the Non-science,” a Zoom event with retired professor of molecular biology Deborah Lycan, 7 p.m. part of the Lifelong Learning Lecture Series. https://tinyurl.com/y57vl6s6

Deadline for “Stuff to Do” submissions is Monday at noon. To submit an item, email: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

Laugh Therapy Open Mic, comic sign-up at 7 p.m., show starts at 8, Union Social House, 3062 Main.

Looking for the one-of-a-kind local gift made with love? Look no further than Animas Trading Co.’s “Weekend Marketplace,” happening Saturdays in November, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at 742 Main Ave. Each weekend will feature handmade items from different local artists and vendors. To find out who (and what) is being featured this week, check out Animas Trading’s FB page.

“Beam Me Up Starlight,” drag trivia, every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave. Social distancing observed, masks required.

techniques seen in “Star Wars,” new time and location: 9:45-10:45 a.m., the Pavilion at LPC Fairgrounds. Masks required. www.durangoaikido.com

Friday13 Friday the 13th CPW’s annual Kokanee Salmon Giveaway, 3 p.m., Lake Nighthorse. Must have 2020 Colorado fishing license. COVID protocols will be practiced, masks required. For info., go to: cpw.state.co.

Weekend Marketplace, featuring handmade items from local artists, Saturdays in November, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Animas Trading Co., 742 Main Ave. Masks required, social distancing observed.

Free Legal Clinic, 4-5 p.m. Call the Ignacio Library at (970) 563-9287 to sign up.

Matt Rupnow plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. th

Bob Hemenger plays, 6-9 p.m., 11 Street Station.

Goal-Setting Playshop, hosted by life coach Brooke Smith, 6 p.m., Pine River Library, Bayfield. Free. calendly.com/dreamweaverlifecoach/tortoise-step-goalworkshop”

“Lyrical Threads,” live concert broadcast by the San Juan Symphony, 7:30 p.m., www.sanjuansymphony.org

Dustin Burley plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

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Joel Racheff plays, 5:30–8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Henry Stoy plays piano, 9 a.m.-12 noon, Jean Pierre Wine Bar, College Drive and Main.

Irish music jam, every Sunday, 12:30-3 p.m., Durango VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Free.

Saturday14 Henry Stoy plays piano, 9 a.m.-12 noon, Jean Pierre Wine Bar, College Drive and Main.

Blue Moon Ramblers play Americana/bluegrass every Sunday, 5:30–8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

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Monday16 Meditation and Dharma Talk with John Bruna, 5:30-7 p.m. online at www.durangodharmacenter.org/ Rob Webster plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Joel Racheff plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Online Ukulele Jam, 6:30-8 p.m., denise@rockymountainukefest.com

Tuesday17 Episode 3 of the “Actor’s Journal” featuring original works, essays, poems, remembrances by various actors including Chris Sullivan from the TV series “This is Us.” Runs thru Dec. 14. durangoplayfest.org/actors-journal 7 Rivers Farmers Market, indoor winter farmers market, Tuesdays, 12-3 p.m. featuring local farmers, food vendors and artisans, La Plata County Fairgrounds. Masks and social distancing required.

“Indigenous Images in American Television,” a Zoom discussion by FLC Mellon Scholar in Indigenous Studies Brian Twenter, 4:15-5:15 p.m. fortlewis.zoom.us/j/99455145017 4

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Spacing out, social flypaper and being a tool Interesting fact: New data from NASA suggests there may be 300 million habitable planets. The article was behind a paywall, so that’s all I know.

Dear Rachel, Why am I absolutely incapable of leaving a

conversation? I could need to rush home to my burning apartment, and if someone says “Pull up a chair” or “That reminds me …” then I stay.

Every time I try to say I should get going, or my dog needs to be fed before he dies, people just ignore it and keep on talking. So what if I don’t actually have a dog? I shouldn’t care about hurting their feelings, but apparently I do. Help!

– Exits Blocked Dear Prisoner’s Dilemma, Some people are made of pure social flypaper. They don’t have a clue how to read your cues, or they don’t care. Or! Or it could be that YOU are the one giving the misleading cues. Maybe they just want you to leave already, and yet you linger, and your halfhearted attempts at feeding fake dogs come off as bogus attempts at fakerecognizing interpersonal boundaries. Nothing for it but to never leave the house again.

– Get cozy, Rachel Dear Rachel, I keep seeing these memes about how Millennials are worse at home repair tasks than their parents’ generation. As an elder Millennial, I am affronted. You know why I suck at home repair tasks? Because my parents didn’t teach me.

Based on the representative sample of my friends, this parental neglect is common for our generation. Quit blaming us, Boomers! But for now, Rachel, any advice for the equivalent of a community college course on home repair?

– Home Unimprovement

Dear Tim the Tool Man, Um, you don’t just do what I do, which is to listen to other people’s parents on YouTube? That’s the community college for elder Millennials, right? Or do you not even know how to do that? It’s OK, the expectations for competence (especially tied to gender roles) has shifted.

The good news is that no one expects you to be any good at fixing… well, anything at all. But even if you’re a woman, go watch Cap’n Kirk and learn how to be a man.

– Grunt, Rachel

Terry Rickard plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

cent headshot or photo, and resume to rwest@fmtn.org by Nov. 16 at noon. For information visit www.fmtn.org/FCMT.

viewing every Wednesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appt. thru Nov. 19. For info: www.fortlewis.edu/art-design/artgallery.

Leah Orlikowski plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Friends of the San Juans 2020 Online Raffle, Nov. 13 – Dec. 15, friendssanjuans.betterworld.org.

Rotary Club of Durango Zoom meeting with Roger Ptolemy and Suzi Loether on their trip to India to participate in Rotary’s “National Immunization Day,” 6 p.m. For link, email: mtnman16@gmail.com.

Registration open for upcoming avalanche training courses, Lizard Head Pass, Dec. 12-13, and Andrews Lake, January 9-10. Hosted by Friends of the San Juans, www.thesanjuans.org.

Durango Public Library Weekly Activity Kits available for curbside pickup every Tuesday. Kits include supplies for one project for preschool, elementary and teen-age students. A new kit is released every Tuesday while supplies last.

To request, email reference@DurangoGov.org.

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Hesperus Ski Patrol Ski Swap, through Nov. 14, 3-6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends. 1365 Main Ave., next to Pizza Hut and Auto Zone.

Dear Rachel, I love sci fi, but I’m to the point where I can no longer ignore things like human beings being able to walk and breathe on any old planet they encounter. Gravity would be different. And atmospheres would definitely be different! I just can’t suspend my disbelief anymore.

Is this a marker of old age, like switching to high fiber breakfast cereal or waking up before dawn? Or have I just lost the spirit of fun?

– Intergalactic Party Pooper Dear Sci Fi Fo Fum, I was talking to someone recently about old-school chauvinism. Not meaning that shown by the Loser in Chief, but more like the chauvinism without malicious intent that our elders can’t seem to shake. It reminded me of “Star Trek.” The original series was undoubtedly sexist, not to mention technologically inferior, but people still go to the mat over whether it’s better than “The Next Generation,” whose inclusion extends beyond other races to all sorts of other identities. But now all I’ll think about is how they’re not wearing astronaut suits on every new planet. Thanks, pooper.

– Not logical, Captain, Rachel

Donnie Johnson plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Terry Rickard plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Donnie Johnson plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Free circuit workout, every Wednesday, 6 p.m. lead by physical therapist Andre Botha. Masks required. Ohana Physical Therapy, 130 Rock Point Drive, Unit C in the Tech Center. RSVP at: 970-247-7895.

“Basic First Aid,” free community education class, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Durango Rec Center. Presented by Durango Fire Protection District and Durango Parks and Recreation.

Classes limited to 20; masks required. Registration: tosh.black@durangofireorg or 970-382-6014.

Ongoing Auditions for “Now. Here. This.” a virtual musical by the Four Corners Musical Theatre Co., for actors and ensemble members ranging from middle school through college.

Submit video singing performance (links are accepted), re-

“Gather,” a film on indigenous food systems in America, free online screening through Nov. 15. Sponsored by the Durango Independent Film Festival and the Durango Farmers Market. For info, go to www.durangofilm.org.

The Durango Learning Lab Session 2, a communitywide educational program for students. Register at www.dur angolearninglab.com.

Win a Stay at The Blake Hotel in Taos, a raffle fundraiser for the La Plata Open Space Conservancy. Drawing Nov. 16. Buy tickets at www.lposc.org or in person at 102 E. 8th St., Suite 202.

“Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas,” a traveling exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History, Powerhouse Science Center. For gallery hours, go to: www.powsci.org.

Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa libraries are open, providing books, movies, music, audio books and internet, Mon.-Fri., 2:30-7 p.m. or call 970-375-3816. Curbside service also available.

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com

PIVOT: Skateboard Deck Art exhibit, over 100 skateboard decks painted by 30 different Native American artists, on view by appointment through spring 2021, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College. swcenter.fortlewis.edu/

Upcoming: “Mentor Durango,” a free virtual event featuring stories from locals and professional athletes on how mentors have played a role in their lives, Nov. 19, 4 p.m. Sponsored by Big Brother Big Sisters Southwest Colorado. Register at: bbig.org/mentor-durango Ben Gibson plays, Nov. 19, 5-8 p.m., 11th Street Station.

Adam Swanson plays, Nov. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Jose Villareal plays, Nov. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Deadline to submit items for “Stuff to Do” is Monday at noon.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Love can’t always do work,” novelist Iris Murdoch wrote. “Sometimes it just has to look into the darkness.”

From what I can tell, you’ve been doing that recently: looking into the darkness for love’s sake. That’s a good thing! You have been the beneficiary of the blessings that come through the contemplation of mysteries and enigmas. You’ve been recalibrating your capacity to feel love and tenderness in the midst of uncertainty. I suspect that it will soon be time to shift course, however. You’re almost ready to engage in the intimate work that has been made possible by your time looking into the darkness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Barbara Kingsolver says, “Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.” That’s always valuable advice, but it’ll be especially useful to keep in mind during the coming weeks. You’re probably going to feel more pressure than usual to tell others what they wish you would tell them; you may experience some guilt or worry about being different from their expectations of you. Here’s the good news: I’m pretty certain you can be true to yourself without seeming like a jerk to anyone or damaging your longterm interests. So you might as well say and do exactly what’s real and genuine.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks,” playwright Tennessee Williams wrote. I think that’s a poetic but accurate description of the feat you’ve been working on lately, Gemini. You’re gently smashing through stony obstructions. You’ve been calling on your irrepressible will to enjoy life as you have outsmarted the rugged, jagged difficulties.

You’re relying on beauty and love to power your efforts to escape a seemingly no-win situation. Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian rapper Vince Staples says, “I feel like it’s impossible to be completely yourself.” Why? Because ideally we’re always outgrowing who we have become; we’re moving beyond the successes we have already achieved.

There is no final, whole, ideal “self” to inhabit and express – only more and more of our selfness to create. Staples suggests we’d get bored if we reached a mythical point where we had figured out exactly who we are and embodied it with utter purity. We always have a mandate to transform into a new version of our mystery. Sounds like fun! Everything I just said, Cancerian, is an empowering meditation for you right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.” Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga said that, and now I offer it to you to use as your motto. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’s a fabulous time to be your own sanctuary. I invite you to rebirth yourself at least twice between now and the end of November.

What’s the first step you’ll take to get started?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The National Football League is a giant socialist enterprise. It earns billions of dollars of revenue and shares it equally with each of its 32 teams. So the team in Green Bay, Wisc., population 105,000, receives the same payout as the team in Chicago, population 2.7 million. I advocate a comparable approach for you in the coming weeks. Just for now, distribute your blessings and attention and favors as evenly as possible, showing no favoritism toward a particular child or friend or pet or loved one or influence. Be an impartial observer, as well. Try to restrain biases and preferential treatment as you act with even-handed fair-mindedness. Don’t worry: You can eventually go back to being a subjective partisan if you want.

For the foreseeable future, your well-being requires cordial neutrality.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Who is to decide between ‘Let it be’ and ‘Force it’?” Libran author Katherine Mansfield asked. I mention this because you’re now hanging out in the limbo zone between “Let it be” and “Force it.” But very soon – I’m sure you’ll have a clear intuition about when – you’ll figure out how to make a decisive move that synthesizes the two. You will find a way to include elements of both “Let it be” and “Force it.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me,” Scorpio poet Dylan Thomas (1914-53) wrote in a letter to a friend.

That sounds like a lot of energy to manage! And he didn’t always do a good job at it – although he did at times tap into his primal wellspring to create some interesting poetry. I’m going to use Thomas’ words in your horoscope, because I think that in the coming weeks you can be a subtle, refined and mature blend of a beast, angel and madperson. Be your wisest wild self, dear Scorpio!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Activist and author Rebecca Solnit writes, “The grounds of my hope have always been that history is wilder than our imagination of it and that the unexpected shows up far more regularly than we ever dream.” In my astrolog-

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The future is more wide-open than you might think. The apparent limitations of the past are at least temporarily suspended and irrelevant. Your fate is purged of some of your old conditioning and the inertia of tradition. I encourage you to make a break for freedom. Head in the direction of the Beautiful Unknown.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa doesn’t stand straight, but tilts at an angle.

Why? The soil it was built on is soft on one side. So the marble-andlimestone structure began to tip even before it was finished. That’s the weird news.

The good news is that the tower has remained standing for more than eight centuries – and has stayed intact even though four major earthquakes have rolled through the area. Why? A research team of engineers determined it’s because of the soft foundation soil, which prevents the tower from resonating violently with the temblors. So the very factor that makes it odd is what keeps it strong. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life? I believe there is. Now is a good time to acknowledge this blessing – and enhance your use of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Even if you tend to pay more attention to what’s going wrong than what’s going right, I ask you to change your attitude for the next three weeks. Even if you believe that cynicism is an intelligent perspective and a positive attitude is a wasteful indulgence, I encourage you to suspend those beliefs. As an experiment – and in accordance with astrological potentials – I invite you to adopt the words of activist Helen Keller as your keynote: “Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the world at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual.

Pessimism kills the instinct that urges people to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Researchers in the UK found that 62 percent of the adult population brags that they’ve read classic books that they have not in fact read. Why? Mostly to impress others. George Orwell’s 1984 is the top-rated book for fake claims, followed by Tolstoy’s War and Peace, James Joyce’s Ulysses, and the Bible. I hope you won’t engage in anything like that type of behavior during the weeks ahead. In my opinion, it’s even more crucial than usual for you to be honest and authentic about who you are and what you do. Lying about it might seem to be to your advantage in the short run, but I guarantee it won’t be.

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