Living

Certain ingredients are like old friends you can count on - the ones you know will be there for you when the chips are down, when you are not at your best, when you need comfort. If I've got these...

Everyone is feeling the impacts of the COVID pandemic, and we likely will for some time to come. Yet even in crisis, leadership emerges, and Colorado has emerged as a leader in ways that most...

By Gail Vanik A few years ago, Vic and I tried an experiment. Instead of putting our tomato plants in the ground, we planted them in containers on our deck. It worked so...

ALBUQUERQUE – After more than a decade of planning and protests, U.S. land managers have crafted a proposal for how to manage oil and gas development across a wide swath of northwestern New Mexico...

By Gail Vanik I see a golden opportunity thanks to COVID-19. Now that families are together because of the safer at home practices, it’s a perfect time to teach your...

My enthusiasm for cooking these days is a moving target. Maybe it’s the exhaustion of sampling from the daily platter of quarantine-inspired emotions. Maybe it’s the vagaries of my teenagers’ taste...

By Gail Vanik If you are going stir crazy being cooped up at home, I have the solution: gardening. If there ever has been a time that has strengthened my belief in the...

While the news can seem a little heavy the past few weeks, there are still moments of brightness and beauty. Neighbors helping neighbors, webcasts of puppies, residents taking the necessary...

By Gail Vanik Perhaps you’re thrifty and have saved seeds from years past. Perhaps you simply bought too much last year and have leftover seed. Either way, one of the...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For nearly a quarter-century, the old bus abandoned in Alaska’s punishing wilderness has drawn adventurers seeking to retrace the steps of a young idealist who met a tragic...