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Dear Action Line: How can we eradicate those fuzzy gray moths that are everywhere these days? We are infested with them. – Swarmed Dear Swarmed: Those are most likely the miller moths, according to...
DATE: June 1, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: What am I supposed to do with all this unemployment money I’m getting but cannot spend because all the businesses are closed? – Cash hoarder Dear Hoarder: Do what Little Action...
DATE: May 25, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: Can I run on the new grass at Santa Rita Park? How about now? Now can I run on that grass? How about now? Can I? Can I? Can I? – Itching To Go Dear Itching: The new grass is an...
DATE: May 18, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: My neighbor’s tree has branches that extend into my yard. Can I cut them? – Branching out. Dear Branching: Action Line does not condone violence of any kind. Dear Action Line:...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
So, you’re back? Yep: 16 years was a sufficient sabbatical from writing Action Line. Well, what in the holy heck were you doing? The usual. Playing musical chairs with jobs. Paying bills. Worrying...
DATE: May 4, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
It’s been a thrill and honor to write Action Line for the past 16 years. But all good things must come to an end. This is my final Action Line column. There. Those Seven Words were penned a couple...
DATE: April 20, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Editor’s note: The Durango Herald has removed Saturday’s Action Line column from its website and regrets that it was published. It targeted New Mexico visitors and offended many of our readers in...
DATE: April 14, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
I’m worried about my horoscope and whether it’s offering the best advice. In the Herald’s Friday (March 27) edition, Scorpios are told: “Grab every chance to party and have fun today. Enjoy sports...
DATE: April 6, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
I’m sick of hearing about the virus. How about a non-pandemic question? Around this time of year, the goldfinches suddenly turn bright yellow. How do they know when to change colors and what causes...
DATE: March 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
When I saw this marquee at the fairgrounds, the irony of psychics having “unforeseen circumstances” struck me as pretty darn funny. Then, almost immediately, I wondered what Action Line’s take on...
DATE: March 23, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Is the Amazon Prime truck at the Durango Mall picking up or dropping off? Probably dropping off since half the stores have abandoned the mall. Maybe this photo is the ultimate indignity. Either...
DATE: March 16, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
After enduring “improvements” to College Drive, several of us citizens want to stop the planned complete destruction of this corridor. If the changes that have been made so far weren’t so horrible,...
DATE: March 9, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Position: Special to the Herald
Email: actionline@durangoherald.com
The homeless population at Purple Cliffs now have a kitchen, running water, bathrooms and hand sanitizer. They made a group decision not to leave the camp whenever possible due to the Coronavirus . They even have a mini-government growing. People not at the camp are having a different experience.
