Time Travelers' Sport
Snowshoeing
Ancestors of the Inuits and Native Americans brought snowshoes with them when they migrated from central Asia to North America. And like most things that have been around for a very long time, snowshoeing has evolved from simple modified slabs of wood and cumbersome practical winter transportation to sophisticated lightweight aluminum recreation.
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Hooked in the MountainsGreen Mountain Rug Hooking Guild By Lin Stone Traditional crafts such as rug hooking were born of humble practical beginnings and materials: it was not the embroidery and textile arts of women who came from privileged means. Poor women cut grain bags and raggedy homespun clothing into small strips and hooked them into bed rugs to keep warm at night; women of modest means made calico quilts for their beds, and women of wealth embroidered. But as the centuries tumbled forward, the need to be practical did not exclude the desire to be creative and surround oneself with useful things of beauty: art. |
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Instantly local at Archie’s GrillPhotos and Story by Chelsea Hopper Do you know the happy feeling you get when you go to an establishment so often that you can consider yourself a local because the owner knows your name and your typical order? That is the feeling you get after the first time you go to dine at Archie’s Grill and meet owner Dick Hess. |
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Ole Amigos! A Fiesta at Miguel’sBy Lin Stone Photos by Molly Stone New Mex, Old Mex, Tex Mex, Cali Mex—Mexican food is likely one of the earliest examples of “fusion cuisine”: the native Incan, Mayan, and Aztec staples such as corn and beans, met with Cortez and Spanish rice in the early 1500s. |
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