How do we embrace the new and still hold on to the things that shaped us?
Township and Range
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
The meaning of local food at 7,000 feet
Where exotic can also be local, and seasonal means more than freshly harvested.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
In a house of spirits, learning to settle
Making a home is a journey across time and space.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted
The new year is what we make it
What will you do to help make things better?
Posted inOctober 2024: Latino Vote
Explaining invasive species to toddlers
And involving them in a murderous task.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
I married a cookstove scientist
My reluctant journey to ditching our gas stove.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry
Slowing down the pace of childhood
How can you teach kids to appreciate slowness in a speeded-up world?
Posted inJuly 1, 2023: Waiting for Water
Horse girls: The wild and fearless
An author reflects on an encounter in Wyoming’s Red Desert and motherhood.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
Luck and life in pronghorn country
‘Since I was a little girl, on the first day of every month, the first words out of my mouth are rabbit rabbit.’
Posted inDecember 1, 2022: Beyond Illusion
Rooting a new life under a juniper tree
‘Trees know about belonging.’
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Getting over not fitting in
Why I have a jackalope tattoo, and another of a covered wagon.