Items by Sharon O’Toole — 9 items
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We keep annoying Sheila, our GPS navigator
A GPS navigator works fine in the city, but tends to get muddled in Wyoming's rough country, with its growing network of oil and gas roads.
by Sharon O'Toole, Mar 30, 2011 -
The way mom used to make them
A mother’s brownies are remembered with love.
by Sharon O'Toole, Dec 23, 2010 -
On the road in lonely Wyoming
A late-night encounter with a cop on a lonely Wyoming highway is a quintessentially Western experience.
by Sharon O'Toole, Nov 04, 2009 -
Why a sheep rancher never needs to go to Las Vegas
Raising sheep in rural Wyoming requires gambling on a scale you could never duplicate in even the gaudiest casino.
by Sharon O’Toole, May 14, 2009 -
The case for filet of filly
Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat.
by Sharon O’Toole, Apr 30, 2007 -
They shoot horses, don’t they? Not any more
Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat.
by Sharon O’Toole, Apr 16, 2007 -
There was no green in this Rainbow gathering
A rancher whose grazing permit in Colorado’s Routt National Forest was usurped by this year’s Rainbow Family gathering decries the environmental damage left in its wake
by Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, Aug 07, 2006 -
Rainbow Gathering lacks one color — green
The writer gives an eye-witness account of how her sheep-grazing allotment became home to thousands of Rainbow folks
by Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, Jul 03, 2006 -
Wamsutter: This Wyoming town never seems to die
The writer loves the town of Wamsutter because it keeps bouncing back
by Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, May 15, 2006
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