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4 La Vida Local

Reflecting on 10 years of climbing, socially and professionally

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A Durango decade

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Ear to the ground: “It’s really sad – since my dog died, it’s kind of like my Roomba’s become my new pet.”

– Local discussing her version of a pandemic puppy.

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Hiking and biking season is almost upon us in Southwest Colorado, which brings with it a host of concerns and considerations, not the least of which is co-existing with wildlife.

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State expands funds that brought pandemic retrofits to main drags

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Musical chairs Organizers look at ways to bring back festivals in scaled-back forms

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Of course, the apex predator at the top of most of our worried minds when jaunting about the backcountry alone is the mountain lion. Perhaps no other animals are as simultaneously feared and revered as the mysterious, large cats.

And now, thanks to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, we can get up close to these four-legged wonders of the wild without, well, actually getting up close. Last month, CPW introduced a four-part educational video series on mountain lions. The series, available on YouTube, covers such topics as mountain lion biology and historical perspective; mountain lion habitat and human expansion; hunting; and, the question on all of our minds, what to do when you encounter a mountain lion.

CPW Director Dan Prenzlow said this video series was produced to tell the history of the mountain lion and living with lions in our growing state.

“Mountain lions are a fascinating yet elusive animal, but when they do pop on the radar they make for big headlines,” Prenzlow said. “Sightings of mountain lions are increasing, and we’ve had a couple high-profile attacks in the last two years. Thanks to sound management practices implemented over the years, mountain lions are doing quite well in Colorado. The challenge going forward will be balancing decreasing habitats and our exploding human populations, since we share the same spaces.”

Mat Alldredge, a wildlife researcher for CPW and leading expert on mountain lions, sparked the idea for the video series.

“We’re trying to present our mountain lion research in an informative manner that is accessible and interesting to the public and not in a dry, boring research paper,” he said.

Alldredge has been studying mountain lions for CPW since 2006. His study of mountain lions along the Front Range has helped assess mountain lion populations, movements, habitat use, prey selection and human interactions along the urban-wildland interface.

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LaVidaLocal A decade in Durango Ten years ago, I moved to Durango with a dollar and a dream; in the midst of an economic recession. It was perhaps the best decision I’ve ever made. Of course, it took years to see that.

These days I guess I’m similar to anyone else who has lived here for 10 years. If you go out to the grocery store, or walk the trails or streets of town, you’re bound to run into someone you know. Although these days it’s easier to hide behind a mask, I love the feeling of knowing I am a part of a community.

Being a writer for the Telegraph for the last 10 years has given me a really interesting way to engage with this community. As the years have gone by, more and more people get to know my writing before they get to know me. It’s an honor to play this role in a community where I plan to spend the rest of my days.

I thought about reminiscing about all the stories I’ve written and events I’ve covered, but instead I just want to write about one story. It was my very first assignment for the Telegraph, almost exactly 10 years ago to the date: the “Gimps on Ice” climbing event, which was held in Ouray.

As I noted, I moved here near the end of the last recession, and the fact that I was unemployed constantly hovered over my head.

I was getting by on house sitting and meager unemployment benefits. I am usually a confident person in my decisions, but I was constantly questioning my decision to move to a town where I had no roots, didn’t have many connections, and really didn’t know anything about.

I rolled up to Ouray that early March weekend for my first ever Telegraph assignment. Right as I pulled into town, I noticed there was a helicopter hauling an injured climber out of the Ouray Ice Park. I thought it was an ominous start to the weekend.

That morning, the entire event crew met. Organized by Paradox Sports, “Gimps on Ice” consisted of disabled climbers, their supporters and guides to assist with the ice climbing. When I voiced my concern about the accident the previous evening, someone joked, “well, it looks like we will have another member of Paradox Sports.”

That comment was not callous, but rather it was indicative of the spirit of this group. Despite losing a limb, or coming back damaged from war, these climbers knew how to keep calm and carry on; even cracking jokes along the way.

That morning, I met two people who continue to be good friends to this day: Stacy Bare and Mike Reddy. Stacy is an Iraq war veteran who might seem intimidating at first. He’s a big, bald dude who towered over me as he picked up a copy of The Climbing Zine, my publication, which I was showing him. Out loud he read these words that I’d written in the introduction of our very first issue: “without climbing I’d be dead or in jail.”

He gave me an intense look and told me the same was true for him. It was the first time I’ve instantly become friends with someone over a single sentence. Over

the years, I’ve followed Stacy’s work, including his “Adventure Not War” program.

Through that, he’s climbed in Angola with Alex Honnold and skied off the biggest peak in Iraq. Yes, that’s right: there’s mountains one can ski in Iraq. And yes, he knows Honnold, the star of the palm sweat-inducing “Free Solo.”

These days, Bare works for the Air Force in Salt Lake City, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He’s one of those people I consider a dear friend, even though we see each other only once a year, max. Later this year, I’m going to be launching the “Climbing Zine State of Mind” podcast, and Stacy will be my first guest. He’s also written a brilliant piece for The Climbing Zine Book, called “Climbing Past War.” At the 2011 event, I also met Mike Reddy, who had taken a near-fatal fall on Mount Sneffels the year before, which left him badly injured, including a spinal cord injury. At the time, he could barely walk, but he was determined to ice climb.

Later, I would find out that, in addition to his recovery, he was completing a PhD in microbial diseases at Yale University.

Mike was like so many of the participants, badly injured but determined to climb. He also wrote a piece that is published in The Climbing Zine Book called, “The Long Way Back.”

That weekend was one of the most memorable of my life, and still to this date my favorite Telegraph assignment. By day we climbed ice, and by night we partied at one of the small breweries in town. I also met Timmy O’Neill, probably the most entertaining human being I’ve ever come in contact with. He is a cofounder of Paradox Sports, and his Photo of Mike Reddy brother Sean is a paraplegic climber.

by Zuzana Svitek Timmy is one of those people who can bring together people in a very special way. By the end of the first full day, he put a microphone in my hand and the next thing I knew, I was freestyling with the makeshift band that rocked that small brewery until closing time.

I could go on and on about that weekend. It gave me so much hope, perspective and insight at a time when I badly needed it. If these people could recover from losing limbs, or the use of those limbs, surely I could get my head up and put work in for better days.

Alas, I’m running out of words. I guess the final thing I’d like to say is a big thanks to Missy, Lainie and the rest of the people who have worked for the Telegraph over the years. I am also grateful for all the advertisers who have stayed with the paper, especially in this last year. When I launch the second season of my “Dirtbag State of Mind” podcast later this spring, I’ll be buying my first ads in this paper.

My life is Durango has been so much more engaging because I get to write for this paper. I sure hope I get to do it for at least another 10 years.

– Luke Mehall Luke Mehall is the publisher of The Climbing Zine and host of the Dirtbag State of Mind podcast. Later this year he will launch a second podcast called Climbing Zine State of Mind.

Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The return of the al fresco atmosphere to Main Avenue, with bump-outs slated to start cropping up as soon as next week and increased state funding to help SJBHD Director Liane Jollon receiving recognition for a year of extremely challenging but important work with an award from the American Medical Association The massive community effort that distributed some 3,400 vaccines in La Plata and Archuleta counties last weekend, with 17 percent of La Plata County residents and 21 percent of Archuleta County residents now fully vaccinated

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Mercy Medical Center being forced to scale back surgeries in its ORs due to an unspecified contamination of equipment and instruments

Bad news at the pump with gas prices rising sharply in recent weeks and expected to keep climbing past the $3/gallon mark over the summer

A springtime snowpocalypse setting Denver and the Eastern Plains in its crosshairs, with up to 3 feet of snow forecast through this weekend

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Some of you probably knew this (and I’m mad at you for not telling me sooner), but as it turns out, artificial vanilla flavoring is made out of beaver butts. Castoreum – which has been used as flavoring for 80 years – is a sticky brown substance that beavers use to mark their territory, and it’s produced in a beaver’s castor sac, which is right in between the pelvis and the base of their cute little tails. And since castoreum is made naturally by beavers … yup, you guessed it, it’s what they’re referring to when they say “other natural flavors.”

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“A high tolerance for large amounts of candy.”

“Kerrygold butter, Father Ted and a wee light at the end o’ the COVID tunnel.”

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Save the old Chamber building To the Editor: Demolition of a perfectly good and useful building (the old Chamber of Commerce building in Santa Rita Park) seems like an awful shame to me. An article about it in the Herald said the space will get “park amenities,” like a covered picnic pavilion, two volleyball courts and a basketball court.

This building was the first one I entered, the first time I drove into Durango in 1994. What a wonderful place to put a visitor center! At the edge of town on the Animas River, just as you come from south Camino del Rio, where there are (now) scores of residences and hotels.

Lots of parking, restrooms and all you need to know about this area. A huge playground for children, and plenty of room for outdoor gatherings. And it can be used year-round!

Who will be holding picnics or playing volley and basketball between November and March? The wonderful red building lends itself to so many things, chief among them, the Durango Tourism Office Headquarters. The downtown office is nice, but I’ll bet it’s a struggle for tourists to find. And if they can find it, where to park on a hot summer day? The big red building by the river is an oasis in the midst of summer tourism. Couldn’t a covered pavilion be built without demolishing the buildng?

Why not put those basketball and volleyball courts up in the new Mesa Park? They will probably be used by locals, not tourists, anyway. All this talk of “marketing Durango” can be addressed by holding onto something that has proven it works. “For decades, the former Chamber of Commerce building was a hub of economic activity.” (Durango Herald, 2/12/2021.) It can still be a hub. The local schools could use the building to display students’ art work. The sewage treatment plant could4

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use it to sell tickets for tours. Organizations could meet there to get organized, like Leadership La Plata did in 1988. “So many of those historical memories started at the big red building at Santa Rita Park,” said Jack Llewellyn, Chamber of Commerce president. (Herald, 2/12/2021) Please don’t tear it down. Nothing good about that “Goodbye.”

– Meredith Page, Durango

Lucky to have McCorry running To the editor, Lisa McCorry has been a personal role model of mine for almost eight years now – her candidacy for City Council is the best thing that could happen to Durango. Her deep involvement with youth and community members, her commitment to equity and justice, her working class experiences and her knowledge of Durango make her the top candidate. As a mother, a friend, a small business worker, a mental health advocate and an overall incredible human being, I cannot speak highly enough of her.

With Lisa on City Council, we will rest easy knowing her capacity for local issues and passion for the community. I have lived in Durango for five years and have gotten involved with many different organizations doing great work – my path has crossed with Lisa’s in every single one! It takes true dedication and devotion to a town or community to have touched as many lives and communities as she has. From the moment I moved here, I knew she was a friend I could rely on, and she deeply impacted my personal growth. I am so thankful to Lisa for all she has done for me and for Durango. To not elect this beautiful, powerful, radiant queen would be a disservice to us all.

– Olivia Thomas, Durango

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Seth will find optimal solutions To the editor, Hey Durango, sometimes it seems like our mountain town community is a bubble, protected by mountain passes and vast tracts of public lands. We seem isolated from the machinations of the bigger, more populous world around us. That bubble burst with COVID and the divisive politics that dominate the national news cycles. Both the virus and the division have fully infiltrated our community.

Drought, wild fire, homelessness, affordable housing, transportation, tourism and recreation, recycling, planning and development, and the list goes on … all of the challenges facing every community exist here, in the bubble.

However, we are very fortunate to have quality candidates running for our local elected positions, to take on these challenges. Living in La Plata County, I won’t be able to vote in the City Council election, but maybe you can? Seth Furtney, a very thoughtful friend is running for City Council. As friends do, we enjoy discussing the problems, and potential solutions, to our community’s challenges. Seth is a great listener, he is intelligent, articulate and has already been serving our community as a volunteer advisory board member. He likes to evaluate challenges from all angles toward the optimal solutions. Local elections really matter, especially when a quality candidate steps up to lead: Vote 4 Seth Furtney.

– Gregg Dubit, Hesperus

Join the MeatOut March 20 To the editor, MeatOut was launched 37 years ago by Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) and has since grown into the world’s largest annual grassroots educational campaign to remove meat from our plates. On March 20, the first day of spring, we encourage people to turn over a new leaf

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As executive director of FARM, I am grateful to Gov. Polis for proclaiming March 20 “MeatOut Day” across Colorado. His decision will clearly benefit the health and well-being of his constituents.

As someone who used to live in Golden and whose own father was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives’ 56th District, I know the Mile High State and I understand the concerns of Colorado livestock growers.

However, America’s food system is changing, and I encourage Colorado food producers to adapt gradually to the inevitable shift from a meat-based to a plant-based diet, with continued assistance from state and federal government.

– Eric C. Lindstrom, executive director, Farm Animal Rights Movement

Youssef puts community first To the editor, I had the privilege of serving with Melissa Youssef for four years on the Durango 9-R School Board. Melissa took her role as a board member seriously. She was always prepared for meetings and ready to ask hard questions of the staff concerning the education of our children. When making decisions, she always focused on the mission of the district and the needs of its students.

Melissa has brought the same dedication and commitment to City Council. Given that we have a new city manager, continuity on the City Council will help provide stability during the transition. Melissa has had an active role in the strategic plan that the City Council is working on. We would all benefit if she is re-elected and can spend the next four years making sure the strategic plan yields its intended results. I encourage you to vote for Melissa Youssef for Durango City Council.

– Jeff Schell, Durango

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Bump-outs get a bump up State expands program that helped revitalize towns during pandemic

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state program that helped Colorado cities convert car lanes to restaurant dining space and pedestrian malls in their downtowns is about to get a big boost.

Both chambers of the state Legislature have approved more funding for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Revitalizing Main Streets program, which aimed to help businesses during the height of the pandemic last year. The bill would shift $30 million from the state’s General Fund to that program and also allow CDOT to expand its Denver metro-focused Safer Main Streets program statewide.

Conor Cahill, a spokesman for Gov. Jared Polis, did not explicitly say if and when the governor will sign the legislation. But he said Polis is “grateful” to the Legislature for prioritizing the funding.

“The Revitalizing Main Streets program is a great eco- A server brings drinks to diners seated in one of Main Avenue’s bump-outs last summer. Durango nomic redevelopment strategy received a $50,000 grant from CDOT’s “Revitalizing Main Streets” program to help convert traffic and increases mobility options lanes and turn parking spots into outside seating. The program was so well-received that lawfor Coloradans,” Cahill said. makers recently put another $30 million toward it./Photo by Missy Votel The package is part of Polis’ $1.3 billion stimulus proposal to aid the state’s economy. would look like on Main Avenue,” she said.

“It’s very timely right now,” Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, In Breckenridge, the city closed Main Street to vehicular traffic one of the bill’s sponsors, said. “It not only helps us with one of entirely. Mark Johnston, the city’s assistant public works director, CDOT’s main goals, which is tackling projects that improve safety. said sales taxes slumped a bit in the fall but were “solid” over the But it’s also recognizing that our business community and our summer. communities in general are just really struggling because of the “For the most part, we received positive feedback from locals, pandemic.” visitors and the business owners themselves,” Johnston said.

Some Republicans opposed the measure, saying the state should The town received two CDOT grants: one to purchase barriers spend its resources on highways instead. for the Main Street closure and another that added lighting to 175 “We need to get some highways fixed so we can get people to trees along its River Walk corridor this winter. downtown,” Rep. Perry Will, R-New Castle, said during a floor de“It’s inspiring to see so many communities across the state, both bate March 4. large and small, get creative and resourceful to enhance safety, imThus far, CDOT has distributed about $3 million through the prove the local environment and support economic vitality,” Revitalizing Main Streets program to about 50 cities and towns. CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew said in a statement.

Last year, Durango used a $50,000 grant from the program to help “We’re thrilled to expand these initiatives.” convert Main Avenue from four to two lanes, and turn parking Sitting at a table on what was once a parking spot outside the spaces into bump outs for outdoor dining and other businesses.

Trailhead Taphouse in Golden, Lakewood resident Dana Sadowski That changes helped create a “weekend festival” atmosphere said she visited some of Colorado’s new “car-lite” and car-free main throughout the summer and fall, Sarah Dodson Hill, Durango’s as- streets last year – and she’s looking forward to doing that again sistant director of transportation, said. this year.

“One of our downtown local bookshops brought in some trees “It can get crowded in some of these tourist towns,” she said and they had a little garden in their area,” she said. “It was just a on a recent sunny afternoon. “So if there’s more space to walk, really nice kind of sunny, summery festival, fun, outdoor vibe.” that’s helpful.”

Durango and Southwest Colorado was a destination during last Sadowski said the converted thoroughfares reminded her and summer’s road trip renaissance. Hill says from June to November, her husband of European pedestrian malls and plazas they’d seen sales tax income for the city actually increased over 2019. The city in previous travels. If more Colorado cities and towns emulate will repeat last year’s program this year and might go even bigger. those, she said, then that would be at least one good thing to come “We are exploring the idea of maybe doing weekend shutdowns out of the pandemic. almost as a trial to see what some sort of a pedestrian type mall For more from Colorado Public Radio, go to www.cpr.org.n

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Tweaking the twang Music festival organizers plan scaled-back or ‘re-imagined’ events for 2021

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roadway wasn’t the only venue to go dark last summer. The pandemic also pulled the plug on festival season in Southwest Colorado. But, there is hope for festivarians on the horizon. Although the 2021 festival season won’t be the free-for-all camping lovefest of years of yore, smaller-scale musical offerings in some form are reportedly in the works. Think of it as festival lite.

Last week, community radio station KSUT announced the cancellation of its annual Pagosa Folk ‘N Bluegrass, slated for June 4-6, as a three-day camping event due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19. However, festival organizers said they are exploring other options.

“We are hard at work behind the scenes re-imagining a hybrid offering of in-person and/or live stream performances for that weekend, and are deferring to state, regional, tribal and local restrictions and advisements, as well as monitoring vaccine distribution as we craft an experience for all to enjoy,” festival organizers wrote. “We dearly miss our live events, and all of you, and appreciate your patience as we continue to look forward to the return of safe, live music gatherings.”

Organizers said they are still optimistic about hosting their Four Corners Folk Festival on Reservoir Hill, which bookends the summer fest season on Labor Day weekend.

“We are still holding out hope that we will be able to proceed with the Four Corners Folk Festival … but acknowledge we may all need to embrace a few logistic changes that will make it possible for us to gather, and will only proceed if we are able to do so safely.”

For updates and announcements on the Pagosa and Four Corners Folk fests, stay tuned to: ksutpresents.org.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountains, organizers of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which is hosted by Planet Bluegrass, are exploring their options for the annual solstice bacchanal in Town Park.

What would have been the 47th annual last year was abruptly cancelled due to COVID, bur organizers say they are also exploring the idea of a scaled-back festival.

“It’s a work in progress,” festival organizer Craig Ferguson told the Telluride Daily Planet last week, noting that planners are moving ahead with a mini festival or possible concert series given the current optimism over the vaccines and drop in cases. “If we’d been asked about a festival this summer six weeks ago, with where we were with the pandemic, we would have almost definitely had to say no,” he said.

Right now, organizers are laying the groundwork for a

A band plays in the before times at the Pagosa Folk N’ Bluegrass Festival on Reservoir Hill. Although festival organizers have cancelled this year’s festival in its usual iteration, they are exploring options for a “re-imagined” festival, as are planners at Telluride Bluegrass. /Courtesy photo mini-version of the live festival, with fewer acts, fewer days and fewer festivarians. In keeping with social distancing guidelines, organizers believe by summer they will be able to safely host 2,500 people in Telluride’s Town Park, subject to town approval – still a far cry from the 12,000 or so fans that cram into the park for a typical festival.

Organizers are also looking into the possibility of a series of bluegrass shows across multiple weekends, allowing for smaller crowds but more opportunities for concertgoers to attend. Ferguson said under this format, the first weekend would host the “old-timers” of the festival – the bands that have played the festival the longest – with subsequent weekends hosting groups of shorter tenure with the festival.

“It’s quite a process, and we’re not going to try to pretend that we can be what we usually are,” Ferguson told the Planet. He also added that festival vendors, Night Grass

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shows and the volunteer program may all have to be axed this year, due to lingering concerns over the pandemic.

“Indoor stuff is just so much harder,” he said of the latenight shows at indoor venues around town. “The idea that people are going to socially distance after beer 30, when it’s midnight – we just don’t want to take that kind of risk.”

Under current public health restrictions, Town Park would be able to host about 500 people maximum, but officials are hopeful current virus trends will ease restrictions by summer and allow for higher capacity.

Ultimately, though, all events taking place in Town Park will have to be in compliance with state and county public health orders, and town officials and organizers are waiting for further direction on what precautions and restrictions will be required for summer festivals.

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The rice abides

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have nothing but tough love for those who claim they can’t cook a pot of rice.

Quit acting so helpless. Cook the rice. If you screw it up, consider what went wrong and adjust. Like you do when making a sandwich. Which is much easier to screw up than a pot of rice.

Not mushy, sticky or starchy, neither crunchy nor burnt, my rice is perfect. Sure, once in a while you faceplant. Heck, I can screw up a box of macaroni and cheese. But it’s easier than baking bread, or making your own noodles from scratch. The variables in rice-making are manageable: heat, time and moisture. To these laws of the physical universe, the rice abides.

Nobody wants too many learning experiences along the way, but rice is a journey, not a single meal commitment. It’s about learning where you want to go with your rice, and figuring out how to get there. Do you like it al dente? A little soggy? Take note of what you did each time and make adjustments. You’ll quickly run out of variables to tweak, and learn what not to do, like stir the rice, which would be like stirring a cake while it’s baking.

It would kill the living, breathing structural integrity of a pot of rice. As you understand the finite universe of factors and tricks, your confidence will rise.

Too many cooks have never felt confidence in their rice. So they buy rice cookers, even though they only make rice once every six months, which is part of the problem. If you cook it every day, sure, buy a rice cooker.

It will make perfect rice every time. But if you know your rice, you don’t need to measure, or watch the clock. Just watch the rice, preferably in a heavy-bottomed pot. Eventually your observations will become understanding.

I prefer white rice, which is often starchy, like jasmine or sushi rice. If it makes the water milky, I’ll rinse it several times, dumping and replacing the cloudy water and stirring in between loads, and sometimes letting it soak for a minute, which reduces the cooking time, not that I keep track. I learned about rinsing – among other things – in sushi class 35 years ago, and still do it.

I think it’s this rinsing practice that got me away from measuring and timing, as the rice absorbs water during rinsing, which makes it impossible to keep track. So I simply wash the rice until it rinses clean, then cover it with about an inch of water, and cook it until it’s perfect.

That’s not what we did in sushi class but whatevs.

Cook rice in a pot with a tight-fitting lid, place the pot on high. Don’t stir. When it boils, turn it down to low. Don’t stir. After about 15 minutes, you can turn it off and forget about it. And don’t forget to not stir it.

If the rice burns, perhaps because you forget to turn it off, then you must act quickly, as with any burn. If it’s merely a pleasing shade of brown, turn off the heat, give it a splash of water, replace the lid and forget about it for a while. When you remember, it will be perfect. It’s magic.

But if you smell actual blackened burn, dump and remove the rice as quickly as possible, transferring it into a different pot or a bowl. Don’t scrape the bottom or move any burnt material to the new vessel. As long as the burned aroma has not impregnated the clean grains, you’ll be fine. If the rice is a bit crunchy, add what looks like the right amount of water, the exact feel of which you can only learn from experience, by feeling the rice and adding what you think it needs. Just be nice to those grains of rice, and they’ll be nice to you.

Most of the time, everything goes smoothly and I end up with perfect, no stress rice. Some will judge me, but my loosey goosey process includes a peak along the way.

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I’ll even insert a knife if I suspect low water, and scrape the bottom, and perhaps taste a grain of rice from the top. If it’s chewy that means you’re close and can turn it off and let it sit until mealtime, slowly puffing up. If the rice on top is too crunchy and seems in danger of drying out, add a tablespoon or two of water and replace the lid.

I know that getting thrown off the deep end isn’t always the best teaching method for everyone, so I want to offer the stubbornly helpless this painfully specific recipe for baked rice. It comes from my mother-inlaw. It’s not only fool-proof, it’s smart-aleckproof, is customizable, and most impressively breaks not one but two of my cardinal rules. She not only gets away with both infractions, but they probably even help make it the dish that it is.

She rinses not a single grain of rice, which is admittedly something of a rice-snob’s practice. And she stirs it just before serving – which technically isn’t an infraction, as stirring is only prohibited during the cooking process, but still. At the very least this recipe bends my rules, which you can do if you know them by heart.

I once had a basketball coach who liked to remind us that, “Practice doesn’t make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect.” In that spirit, this recipe will get you accustomed to making good rice. And will make you totally intolerant of a single mushy grain of rice.

Each gloriously flavored and supple batch of this rice is so decadent you could binge on it plain like a tub of vanilla ice cream. I like to throw a handful of fast-cooking veggies and maybe some prepared proteins on top.

But try to keep it simple.

Perfect Baked Rice 1 cup long grain white rice, such as jasmine 1 ¾ cups boiling water or chicken stock or veggie stock ¼ pound onion, finely minced 2 tablespoons butter or oil Preheat the oven to 350. Gently sauté the onions and butter in a bakeable vessel with a tight-fitting lid. Stir in the rice. Add the boiling water or stock. Bake for 20 minutes with the lid on. Remove from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes. Fluff before serving, if you wish.

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am an old man now, but in the spring I always seek the warmth of the sun and the smell of emerging flowers. It is a time to put the lawn and garden in order, but aside from property maintenance, I am eager to grab my ball cap and head for the wilderness. It’s just the hankering to explore. The Four Corners affords the wanderings of an old man. There are endless ravines and canyons that need to witness new footsteps. I guess I’ll just head there to find what can never be found.

The human line is very ancient, going back tens of millions of years, but the trails I follow are a mere few thousand years old in their making. Artifacts have been found in these areas dating back to late ice ages. To be witness to these environs evokes a greater sense of awe and humility. The journey frees me from the dog-eat-dog world of contemporary man; it revitalizes the creative muses and refreshes the soul. I am reminded of the writings of Thoreau and his disdain for progress and consumption that devours the natural world. This becomes my small escape from the modernized proclivities of the cyber realm.

We all know that the door to the past is a strange one, but on these treks the mind becomes wide open to reflection. As one travels, stories and events are recalled with utmost clarity. My diaries sometimes say otherwise, and I tend to romanticize events to fit my biases and ego. What was written cannot be altered. None of us can return through that threshold of the past, but we can still remember ... and that may be the saving grace.

During some of my sojourns, I have witnessed peculiar events that when recalled, created mental reservations.

Most of these events centered around animal life and ghostly strangers. These animals and strangers had provided me with meaningful auguries and insights. They

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were guides to reconnection. We all have the ability to reconnect to nature but many of us have fallen down the rabbit hole of progress or become seduced by the sirens of the internet. David Abram wrote a book, entitled Becoming Animal, that is a treatise for reconnecting with the land, the past and people. I highly recommend it for those who wish to explore the possibility of reconnection to the Earth.

When I was a small boy of 7 years, I recall a bus trip I took to visit a relative. I was alone and scared. It was a dreary and rainy night, and my only security was a note pinned to my coat that my ward would recognize. The bus made only one stop on the several-mile journey. It came to a grove where an elderly black woman boarded with some paper bags and her dog. Behind her rushed up six sailors. They sat in three rows across from me. The dog started to whimper. The seamen were a noisy group, laughing and joking. When we reached our destination, I asked the driver where might the sailors be going. He looked at me bewildered and blurted out, “What sailors?”

We recall the past on our trek, we see farther backward into time, but we seem to stop at the present, or; at best, we project idealizations and versions of ourselves on what we have experienced and accomplished. They become our story. From this we consider our lives complete. What we don’t understand we relegate to the world of mysticism or magic. All I can say is that one of the sailors had a harmonica and when he played it the dog started to bark.

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Thursday11 Gary B. Walker plays piano, 11a.m.-1 p.m., JeanPierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave. Crow Canyon Discover Archaeology Series, 4 p.m., free Zoom talk on “Beyond Maize, Beans and Squash: Identifying the Source and Nature of Mesoamerican Influence on U.S. Southwest/Northwest Mexican Dynamics after the Origin of Agriculture with Dr. Michael Mathiowetz.” Register at www.crowcanyon.org Heartwarming Soup Sale, 4-6 p.m., featuring chicken noodle (GF), Dandelion Café, 725 E. 2nd Ave. $10 min donation/quart. All proceeds go to The Hive. thehivedgo.org/upcoming-events Adam Swanson plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. Jose Villareal plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. City Council Candidate Online Forum, 6:30-8 p.m., sponsored by The Neighbors in Need Alliance. For info., go to: interfaithallianceco.org/durango

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

“Fruit Tree Pruning,” 6-7 p.m., zoom talk sponsored by the Old Fort’s Southwest ag webinar series.

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/txwkvhv2 password: apples

Public art exhibits are back with the Phoenix Art Project’s “Sui Generis: A Year of its Own” art exhibit at the Durango Arts Center beginning March 16. The exhibit includes paintings, photography, sculpture and poetry all done by local artists during the pandemic.

Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave. Adam Swanson play 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

artisans, La Plata County Fairgrounds. Masks and social distancing required.

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

“The Facility,” 7 p.m., webinar documentary on the experiences of immigrants at the detention facility in Aurora followed by Q&A. Presented by Indivisible Durango and the ACLU. Register at: tinyurl.com/4uurdayv

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

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Montezuma County Forest Fridays, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, ice skating snow science, free to Montezuma County youth, grades 7-12. Also March 26.

Presented by San Juan Mountain Association, to register: sjma.org/learn/forest-fridays

Henry Stoy plays piano, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Jean-Pierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave. Donny Johnson play 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Free Legal Clinic, 4-5 p.m. Sign up by calling the Ignacio Library at 970-563-9287.

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

Patrick Crossing plays Celtic music, 5 p.m., Pullman Room, Strater Hotel 699 Main Ave. Reserve your spot by emailing patrickcrossing@gmail.com. Space is limited.

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“High History,” presented by Telluride Theatre, online streaming 7 p.m. nightly through March 21. Take a trip back in time as Betty and Chrissy get high and are guided by a ghost back in time to revisit Telluride’s history and its most notable, notorious and wacky characters.

Ages 17+. Tickets available at: www.telluridetheatre.org

Friday Grit Gatherings, 4-7 p.m., downtown on 10th Street, between Narrow Gauge and Main avenues.

Featuring live music and food from local restaurants.

Tables and chairs will be set up to encourage socially distanced takeout dining and shopping. Sponsored by BID and Local First.

Jack Ellis & Larry Carver play 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

The 38th annual virtual Monte Vista Crane Festival, special web presentation, 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and available at mvcranefest.org. Folks can also watch the presentation at their leisure from March 13-17.

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Tuesday16 “Sui Generis: A year of its own” art exhibit opens, presented by The Phoenix art project, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. 7 Rivers Farmers Market, winter farmers market, 12-3 p.m. featuring local farmers, food vendors and

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Ongoing Women’s Resource Center Treasure Hunt, thru March 25, in honor Women’s History Month. Sign up and receive info. and link at www.wrcdurango.org.

The Durango Public Library is open, Tuesdays Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Curbside pick-up available 9-10 a.m. www.durangogov.org/library Durango Independent Virtual Film Festival runs thru March 12, featuring 99 films from around the4

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Letters of retaliation, cult culture and anal homies Interesting fact: Cult members often don’t realize they are in a cult. You could be in a cult right now. Can you prove you are not?

Dear Rachel, A former employee of mine asked me for a letter of recommendation for some kind of scholastic intern grant program. Whatever. I haven’t read the details because this person was truly horrible as an employee, and nearly as bad as a person. I have to think he hasn’t improved any, because he worked for me like seven years ago and I’m the one getting asked for a letter.

And I can’t lie. Do I write an honest letter, or ignore these emails until he disappears?

– Seven-Year Letterman Dear David, What if this new scholastic intern grant program is the roundabout that will turn his life around? You would deny him that opportunity when all it takes is for you to write a generic, to-whom-it-may-concern, honesty-by-omission letter? You hired him, so there must be something positive you can say. If he always cashed his paychecks, you can praise his financial aptitude. If he didn’t trash the office, single out his contributions to ongoing operations. If all you can say is that he didn’t die on the job, commend his liveliness.

– The one whom it concerns, Rachel Dear Rachel, I think my sister is in a cult. I’m not certain, because if it really is a cult, it’s a sneaky one.

The members are allowed to leave the house and globe, plus coffee talk with filmmakers, Q&As, and quarantinis (virtual happy hour).

For schedule, passes and more info., go to: durangofilm.org.

Powder Hounds Online Art Auction runs thru March 14, featuring snowboard art to benefit the La Plata County Humane Society. To bid or “buy now,” go to powderhoundsarts.com.

“Spring’s Promise” art show, runs thru March 31, watercolors and digital designs by Nadya/Tron. Durango Rec Center Gallery Wall. Sign up at gallery for five prizes to be drawn March 27.

Upcoming “Chaco Landscapes: Sensory & Political Engagement with Place,” free zoom talk, Thurs., March 18, 4 p.m. Register at www.crowcanyon.org Indie Lens Pop Up: “Coded Bias,” Thurs., March 18, 5-6 p.m., an investigation into the widespread bias in the technology that shapes our lives. Via

choose their own clothes and stuff. But there’s not a sentence she posts on Facebook that she wrote herself, and there’s a weird devotion to the “inspirational speaker” leading it, down to the way she feeds her toddler. Is there like a quick-result test for “is this a cult?” and if so, how can I find out?

– All Cult, No Classic Dear Frank N. Furter, Your only choice is to go undercover. I heard once that cult recruiters look for signs of weakness, like they will bump into you on purpose, and if you apologize for their mistake, they know you’re a sucker. So apologize profusely to your sister every time she says some crazy thing, and see if you get a welcome packet in the mail.

But she’s probably fine. If every crazy thing said on Facebook indicated cult membership, at least half the country would be in one. And that’s ridiculous.

– Take me to your leader, Rachel Dear Rachel, I am dog/plant/housesitting for a very close friend. But I did not realize how controlling she was until I showed up on Day One and read the eight-page detailed letter. It outlines all the helpful stuff, but to an unhelpful degree. Does it matter if the plants are watered at 10 a.m. on Saturday? Can’t it be just “sometime over the weekend?” Isn’t it enough to keep everyone and everything alive, and the house un-burnt-down, until she gets back?

– Home Alone

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Kevin, You signed up for the gig. It’s on you if you didn’t ask for details. But I highly recommend you not only keep everything alive and un-burnt, but that you sweep the floors and dust the trim and power-wash the exterior while you’re there. Because this – this is the woman you want writing your letters of recommendation.

– Respectfully yours, Rachel

Zoom. For link, email: spenser.snarr@durangogov.org Adam Swanson plays 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Rob Webster plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. “Himalayan Spices for Taste and Health,” zoom talk with Karma Bhotia, owner of Himalayan Kitchen, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Hosted by Animas Valley Grange Zoom. For link, visit the Grange’s FB page.

“A.J. Croce by Request,” Thurs., March 18, 6:30 p.m., presented by the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Tickets are $15 per household with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Community Concert Hall. For tickets go to: www.durangoconcerts.com.

“Removing Barriers to Women in STEM,” zoominar presented by FLC Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Thurs., March 18, 78:30 p.m., featuring Professor Emerita Jill Bystydzienski, from Ohio State University. tinyurl.com/2o6ltmsq

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Artist Richard Kehl tells this traditional Jewish story: God said to Abraham, “But for me, you would not be here.”

Abraham answered, “I know that Lord, but were I not here there would be no one to think about you.” I’m bringing this tale to your attention, dear Aries, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time to summon a comparable cheekiness with authorities, including even the Divine Wow Herself. So I invite you to consider the possibility of being sassy, saucy and bold. Risk being an articulate maverick with a point of view that the honchos and experts should entertain.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Spiritual author Ernest Holmes wrote, “True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming; it is fire from heaven.”

Unfortunately, however, many people do indeed regard imagination as mostly just a source of fanciful daydreaming. And it is also true that when our imaginations are lazy and out of control, when they conjure delusional fears and worries, they can be debilitating. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to harness the highest powers of your imagination – to channel the fire from heaven – as you visualize all the wonderful and interesting things you want to do with your life in the next nine months.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I’m always waiting for a door to open in a wall without doors,” Gemini author Fernando Pessoa wrote. Huh? Pessoa was consistently eccentric in his many writings, and I find this particular statement especially odd. I’m going to alter it so it makes more sense and fits your current needs. Here’s your motto for the coming weeks: “I’m always ready to figure out how to make a new door in a wall without doors, and call on all necessary help to make it.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You can’t drive to the Kamchatka Peninsula. It’s a 104,000-square-mile area with a sub-Arctic climate in the far east of Russia. No roads connect it to the rest of the world. Its major city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is surrounded by volcanoes. If you want to travel there, you must arrive by plane or ship. And yet Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has long had a thriving tourist industry. More so before the pandemic, but even now, outsiders have come to paraglide, hunt for bears, and marvel at the scenery. In this horoscope, I am making an outlandish metaphorical comparison of you to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Like that land, people sometimes find it a challenge to reach you. And yet when they do, you can be

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quite welcoming. Is this a problem?

Maybe, maybe not. What do you think?

Now is a good time to re-evaluate.

to try doing without one of your addictions or compulsions or obsessions as you work on your labor of love.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biting midges, also known as no-see-ums, are blood-sucking flies that spread various diseases. Yuck, right? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we used science to kill off all biting midges everywhere? Well, there would be a disappointing trade-off if we did. The creepy bugs are the primary pollinators for several crops grown in the topics, including cacao. So if we got rid of the no-see-ums, there’d probably be no more chocolate.

I’m guessing that you may be dealing with a comparable dilemma, Leo: an influence that has both a downside and an upside. The central question is: Can you be all you want to be without it in your life? Or not? Now is a good time to ponder the best way to shape your future relationship.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ninety percent of all apples in the world are descended from a forest of apple trees in southeast Kazakhstan. Most of us have tasted just a few types of apples, but there’s a much wider assortment of flavors in that natural wonderland. You know how wine is described as having taste notes and aromas? The apple flavor of Kazakhstan’s apples may be tinged with hints of roses, strawberries, anise, pineapples, coconuts, lemon peels, pears, potatoes or popcorn.

Can you imagine traveling to that forest and exploring a far more complex and nuanced relationship with a commonplace food? During the coming weeks, I invite you to experiment with arousing metaphorically similar experiences. In what old familiar persons, places, or things could you find a surprising wealth of previously unexplored depth and variety?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to my analysis of your imminent astrological potentials, you already are or will soon be floating and whirling and churning along on an ocean of emotion. In other words, you will be experiencing more feelings and stronger feelings than you have in quite some time.

This doesn’t have to be a problem as long as you do the following: 1. Be proud and appreciative about being able to feel so much. 2. Since only a small percentage of your feelings need to be translated into practical actions, don’t take them too seriously. 3. Enjoy the ride!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Poet Wendell Berry says “it’s the immemorial feelings” he likes best: “hunger and thirst and their satisfaction; workweariness and earned rest; the falling again from loneliness to love.” Notice that he doesn’t merely love the gratification that comes from quenching his hunger and thirst. The hunger and thirst are themselves essential components of his joy. Work-weariness and loneliness are not simply inconvenient discomforts that he’d rather live without. He celebrates them, as well. I think his way of thinking is especially worthy of your imitation in the next three weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Famous and influential science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick relied on amphetamines to fuel his first 43 novels. Beginning with A Scanner Darkly, his 44th, he did without his favorite drug. It wasn’t his best book, but it was far from his worst. It sold well and was made into a movie featuring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and two other celebrity actors. Inspired by Dick’s success without relying on his dependency – and in accordance with current astrological omens – I’m inviting you

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Andrew Tilin testified that he sometimes had the feeling that his life was in pieces – but then realized that most of the pieces were good & interesting.

So his sense of being a mess of unassembled puzzle parts gave way to a deeper contentment – an understanding that the jumble was just fine the way it was. I recommend you cultivate and enjoy an experience like that in the coming weeks, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Indian poet Meena Alexander (1951–18) was born under the sign of Aquarius. She became famous after she moved to the U.S. at age 29 but was raised in India and the Sudan. In her poem “Where Do You Come From?” she wrote, “Mama beat me when I was a child for stealing honey from a honey pot.” I’m sorry to hear she was treated so badly for enjoying herself. She wasn’t committing a crime!

The honey belonged to her family, and her family had plenty of money to buy more honey. This vignette is my way of advising you, in accordance with astrological omens, to carry out your personal version of “stealing the honey from the honeypot,” dear Aquarius. Take what’s rightfully yours.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The bad news is that the narrow buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea is laced with landmines. Anyone who walks there is at risk for getting blown up.

The good news is, because people avoid the place, it has become an unprecedented nature preserve – a wildlife refuge where endangered species like the red-crowned crane and Korean fox can thrive. In the coming weeks and months, I’d love to see you engage in a comparable project, Pisces: finding a benevolent use for a previously taboo or wasted part of your life.

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