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Position: Herald Staff Writer
Email: johnp@durangoherald.com
Position: Herald Staff Writer
Email: johnp@durangoherald.com
Experience is the best teacher. But even experienced people make mistakes. When it comes to backcountry skiing, a wrong judgment can be disastrous.And when you're talking about winter backcountry...
DATE: April 6, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
PHOENIX Each fall, Frank Lloyd Wright and a bunch of his students would drive from Wisconsin to his camp in Scottsdale, Ariz. His famed Taliesin West had no air conditioning, at least in the...
DATE: March 23, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
Its technically not legal, and we basically have no clue what were doing. We waste valuable work time watching. But for some reason, we just cant help ourselves. Each year. Mid-March. Must be...
DATE: March 16, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
I see it in my puppys muddy paw prints.I see it in people putting away their snowblowers for the season (perhaps unwisely early).It was obvious last week when city street sweepers took to the...
DATE: March 9, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
Maybe you saw the seven-minute film Sterlings Special Love Holds last week, and, maybe, if you werent paying close attention, you were perplexed. Who is this Sterling kid, you queried, and what...
DATE: March 2, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
PURGATORY – Over there is where I flew 219 feet and pulverized my left leg into 26 pieces, the tall, earnest man tells you.These slopes, Bryan East continues, motioning to the Columbine beginners’...
DATE: Feb. 23, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
BAYFIELD Theres a learning curve when youre assembling paint stir sticks into crosses.First, you learn that glue doesnt keep them together very well. If youre persistent, you keep trying....
DATE: Feb. 16, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
Chris Aaland thought it was a breathing issue. But the family doctor didnt pull the stethoscope off his chest and prescribe an inhaler.Instead, 48 hours after a fairly casual office visit, Aaland...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
If youve ever sat on the edge of an open airplane door, looking at the ground 8,000 feet below, then you know what its like to take a leap of faith.Well, try this if you dare: Stand at the top of...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
To keep from getting blown to bits in Afghanistan, one key is knowing how to read the locals.This advice comes from Durangoan Keith Sylvain, who has been toiling in the war zones of Iraq and...
DATE: Jan. 27, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
Call him an observer of history. An up-close observer. Jim Bowra has seen a lot in his 87 years. From the battles of World War II to the protests and espionage of the Cold War, he’s been around a...
DATE: Jan. 19, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
BAYFIELD – Eddie Martinez is fascinated with Mesoamerican culture – the Chacoans, the Aztecs, the Mayans.He can talk to you about it, he can write about it and he can definitely draw it.But what he...
DATE: Jan. 12, 2013 | COLUMN: John Peel
