Our Annual Pet Issue: Sit. Shake. Heal.

Our Annual Pet Issue: Sit. Shake. Heal.

When animals give back: The therapeutic, rehabilitative, life-saving, enlightening powers of our four-legged critters...

The Healing Power of the Horse

Over the history of civilization, the horse has played a momentous role. In war, for travel and through work, equus caballus was once the backbone of society. Harnessed and saddled, these animals carried knights in shining armor, lugged explorers and pulled plows, mail coaches and covered wagons...

A Beautiful Bond

Anne Gillespie has tons of stories about the power of the human-animal bond and the program she calls YAPS. The most gripping story, arguably, involves a teenager, a dog named Boone and a letter. Or better yet, a series of letters, which fortified their relationship into something beautifully unbreakable...

Alie’s Legacy

Aleszandra Berrelez, known to friends and family as Alie, was just 5 when she was taken. No one could find her, no one knew where she was, and for four days, there seemed to be nothing her family could do but frantically post signs and search, search, search...

Partners in Crime

Sgt. William Manes now leaves his dog at home. Which—seeing as he grew up with two blind parents who depended on seeing-eye dogs; seeing that Manes was one of the first K9 handlers in the Fort Wayne Police Department in 1976; and seeing that he has worked with five dogs over his more than three-decade career in law enforcement—must feel pretty darn odd. But the supervisor and trainer for the...

People Training

In early February of this year, my husband and I finally made a decision we had been mulling over in our minds for quite a long time: We decided to add a new member to our little family. This wasn’t a decision we entered into lightly. We considered the financial and time costs; we considered the messes, the frustrations that would be involved; we realized that we were talking about an 18-year...

Snack Attack

Morning, noon and night, you never know when hunger will show her alluring visage and tempt you…Cookies? No? Something savory? Pupusas? Empanadas? How about a piece of pie? Ohhhh, Buffalo wings! Here, 16 ways to snack in Boulder County...

American Limbo

“I miss my mommy.” Maria is 12 years old. She’s a sweet, skinny brunette trapped in those awful years between childhood and high school, facing all those hormonal changes that make middle school the worst time in any child’s life. She speaks softly. She’s still very shy and the pre-teen rebellion hasn’t set in yet, her stepfather says. She’s a good kid and a help with his other...

Snack Attack

Morning, noon and night, you never know when hunger will show her alluring visage and tempt you…Cookies? No? Something savory? Pupusas? Empanadas? How about a piece of pie? Ohhhh, Buffalo wings! Here, 16 ways to snack in Boulder County...

Challenging Elements: Figs

While most people would know that a fig is a fruit, they might not be able to pick a fresh one out of a lineup. “My only exposure to them was through Fig Newtons,” said chef Linda Wiletto, owner of Indulge Bakery. She’s not alone...

Chile Power

I’m old enough now that I can admit that I was a virgin when I moved to Colorado. I’d never even seen a green chile (or jalapeno pepper) when I moved to Colorado. Growing up in Massachusetts in the 1960s, the only pepper I saw was black and ground plus some paprika in the goulash, and no Mexican, Thai or Indian food. I didn’t even know those green bells my mother served baked and stuffed...

Can-Do Spirit

Any recipe that starts with “Peal and chop two bushels of tomatoes” is not going to be high on my to-try list. Neither is anything that has warnings about botulism and other nasties at the end. I don’t have a garden that produces more food than I can eat, I don’t have a larder the size of Fort Knox, yet my fascination with canning and preserving wouldn’t go away...