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  • For this English chef, home is the Colorado Plateau

    Chef John Sharpe has created a gourmet restaurant in the desert town of Winslow, Ariz., far from his birthplace in the misty green landscape of England

    by Peter Friederici, Oct 31, 2005

  • Crossing hearts on Colorado's plains

    Laura Pritchett’s first novel, Sky Bridge, perfectly captures the speech and rhythms of everyday life in the hardscrabble ranchland of the eastern Colorado plains

    by Malcolm McCollum, Nov 14, 2005

  • Hecho a mano

    James S. Griffith's "Hecho a Mano" uses photos and language to explore the creative folk arts of the Mexican-American residents of Tucson, Ariz.

    by Tim Sullivan, Jan 15, 2001

  • Benigna's Chimayo: Cuentos from the Old Plaza

    In "Benigna's Chimayo: Cuentos from the Old Plaza," Don Usner recounts the rich stories his grandmother used to tell him, when he spent childhood summers with her in Chimayo, N.M.

    by Kirsten Bovee, Apr 23, 2001

  • An environmentalist in the heart of cowboy culture

    Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, Arizona native, rancher and environmentalist, lectures on cooperation and community in the West at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., and gets a surprising ovation.

    by Jon Christensen, Apr 21, 2001

  • Dear Friends

    Feedback from readers' surveys; Jon Margolis apologizes for booboo; the many lives of Mark Matthews.

    by Greg Hanscom and Paul Larmer, May 07, 2001

  • Out of the woods, blithe spirit

    An Idaho writer has a humorous take on the Rainbow Tribe Gathering in the state and the horrified overreaction of politicians, ranchers, Forest Service, environmentalists and Indians.

    by Bill Cope, Jul 30, 2001

  • Utah town goes 'U.N. free'

    La Verkin, Utah, declares itself a "U.N. Free Zone" in a controversial ordinance that would have required U.N. supporters to identify themselves as "U.N. Agents," file "activity reports" and pay unspecified fees.

    by Lin Alder, Aug 27, 2001

  • Good Neighbor Handbook

    The free, illustrated "Good Neighbor Handbook," written by Katherine Bill and published by the Methow Conservancy, aims to give new arrivals in Washington's Methow Valley advice about adapting to their new home.

    by Mason Adams, Oct 22, 2001

  • My ghost town

    The writer remembers childhood vacations spent in the Utah ghost town of Grafton, and mourns a vanishing personal and regional history.

    by Jenny Attiyeh, Nov 05, 2001
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