To practice the oriental art of Tea, one needs to be patient. The movements are delicate, precise, purposeful. The artist must create a serene and peaceful atmosphere; her guests must forego daily distractions. Like a vortex spinning down to a deliberate tip, so must all thoughts in the tea room be harnessed to one focal point: this particular moment in time.

In the central Colorado mountains, the Everetts are a family deeply rooted in the ranch land of Chaffee County. Peter Everett came into the upper Arkansas River valley around 1880, and in 1884 married a woman whose family, the Spragues, had been there since the 1860s. “Galatia Sprague came up right after the Civil War to the gold field in Leadville,” said rancher Glenn Everett, Peter's great-grandson.

Treats for our Troops comes from the heart of Fandies Candies owner Debi Moore.

In 2007, as Debi watched her cousin deploy to Iraq for the second time, she was compelled to do something to support the troops. Working with what she had, she began putting together care packages of candy from her store. News about her efforts quickly spread in Canon City and donations came rolling in to help boost the first shipment of Treats for our Troops.

The basis of Pastor Sheilah Rollins' personal life and the Mercy Today Ministries she serves is caring for others who may be considered spiritual outcasts.

“All I am doing is about the kingdom of God. It is not about my life,” she said. “It's one person who will say yes to the call of Jesus, to love and serve Him and the world, and to follow Him where he leads.”

Haunted houses are tame stuff compared to the Town of Terror, an annual event at the Buckskin Joe Frontier Town and Railway eight miles west of Cañon City off U.S. 50 on the road to the Royal Gorge.

Each year in mid-September, when the aspens begin turning to gold and the first frost nips the flowers in the small mountain town of Salida, it's grape crush time at Mountain Spirit Winery.

Heritage is strong in America, but no where is it as strong as in the family kitchen. Heirloom recipes have been created in these kitchens and carefully passed down from one generation to another.

Totally abandoning restraint one recent Saturday morning, a few friends and I indulged in an impromptu restaurant binge throughout Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs. We managed to partake of 11 establishments in 12 hours - a true eating