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  • Staying put

    These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.

  • The dictionary reader

    The dictionary reader

    What kind of person spends the whole summer stuck inside a cabin reading the dictionary?

  • Natural comfort

    Natural comfort

    It seems romantic to die alone in the wild, until you begin to lose the people you love

  • Drive that Hummer

    Drive that Hummer

    If you could find a Hummer that got perfect gas mileage and didn’t pollute, would you be willing to get behind the wheel?

  • Grant received, grant given

    Grant received, grant given

    High Country News Contributing Editor Matt Jenkins gets grant; Betsy Marston helps obtain grant for Delta County schools; Ana Maria Spagna's new book about community; clarifications.

  • "To feel at home, stay at home."

    This essays and book reviews in this special issue of High Country News revolve around the question: What does it mean to be at home in the West?

  • Love wins

    Love wins

    After 22 years, a couple gets the first same-sex marriage in their rural Washington county.

  • National visit-your-parents-in-Paonia week?

    Visitors come to Paonia; new books from HCN authors.

  • Tribute to a prickly icon

    Tribute to a prickly icon

    Both fans and critics contemplate the life and legacy of Edward Abbey in a special issue of the Western literary and arts journal Matter.

  • The right tributary

    The right tributary

    A writer gets roped into fish surveys for endangered bull trout.

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