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  • I fell into a burning ring of fire

    There’s nothing like a campfire to soothe and lift the soul

    by Laura Paskus, Dec 25, 2006

  • The knowledge of mules

    After more than a decade of a solitary existence packing mules in the Northern Rockies, the writer is seriously injured and must reconsider his way of life.

    by Jason Fisher, Mar 05, 2007

  • Safe out there

    To an aging, mentally ill woman named Jade, the beautiful Colorado day is filled with sinister, frightening demons, and even a well-meaning neighbor can do nothing to drive them away.

    by Laura Pritchett, Apr 30, 2007

  • Waypoints of the heart

    The new hobby of geocaching gives the author and her husband an excuse to explore Wyoming with a GPS while seeking to decode small human mysteries

    by Julianne Couch, Apr 03, 2006

  • Trading goods, and stories, on the reservation

    In Along Navajo Trails, Will Evans tells the stories of the Navajo Indians who came into his Shiprock Trading Post during the first part of the last century

    by Erica Olsen, Jun 12, 2006

  • One war that's worth the fight

    In his memoir, Walking It Off, wilderness activist Doug Peacock tries to make sense of a life spent dealing with war, fighting for wilderness, and coping with cantankerous friends like the late Ed Abbey

    by Laura Paskus, Jun 26, 2006

  • The memory of mountains

    The author remembers a long-ago hike up Pikes Pike with her mother, who later died having no memory of that hike, or of her daughter.

    by Diane Sylvain, Sep 18, 2006

  • Our Green Mountain

    A writer recalls the adventures he had had in Quincy, Calif., 20 years ago, when he was the youthful editor of a small-town independent paper called the Green Mountain Gazette

    by Jaime O'Neill, Oct 02, 2006

  • Oh, those summer nights at the drive-in!

    Jonathan Thompson takes his family to one of the West’s last drive-in movies, and fondly remembers his own misspent youth.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Jul 30, 2007

  • The West is always wild to the young

    Gary Lantz may lament that the West he roamed as a young man no longer exists – but to young people like his son, the West is still a magical place filled with the promise of adventure.

    by Gary Lantz, Oct 15, 2007
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