Results for keyword: Human Beings And Nature
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High tea in the wilderness and a toast to the light
Forty women meet in a Montana wilderness to celebrate the solstice with high tea and drink a toast to returning light.
by Annick Smith, Jan 20, 2003 -
A winter drive into oblivion
During a long drive through a Western blizzard, times seems to come to a stop as you wonder whether you will ever make it home – in safety –a gain.
by David Feela, Jan 20, 2003 -
When whiteouts in winter seem like forever
On the road in a snowstorm, time seems to stop, and you sometimes wonder if you will ever get home again.
by David Feela, Dec 31, 2002 -
Real men head for Alaska
A visit to Alaska’s Kodiak Island leads the author to feel meek and mild in comparison to the manly men he meets, who battle wolverines in the wildest place in the country.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Dec 24, 2002 -
My trysts with Miss November
November out West: The spectacle of changing leaves has passed, the hills collecting snow are not yet blanketed in white, and daylight savings brings night time all too soon. It may sound innocent, but the season feels like a cruel and careless mistress t
by Joshua Zaffos, Nov 19, 2002 -
Muscle car of the prairie
The writer reminisces about the time he was a teen-age boy and encountered "nature" with Leviathan, his 1966 Pontiac LeMans, on the plains east of Aurora, Colo., which he discovered was a place of rugged beauty.
by Jeff P. Jones, Apr 29, 2002 -
Cactus Ed revisited
Two new biographies of Edward Abbey - James Cahalan's "Edward Abbey: A Life" and Jack Loeffler's "Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey," add depth and life to the legendary figure of Cactus Ed.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 18, 2002 -
In the grip of Ungulate Fever
Life in western Colorado leads to many close encounters with deer and elk, both living and dead.
by Paul Larmer, Mar 04, 2002 -
A sense of wonder needs no name
Wild creatures are wonderful to encounter, even when they aren't the rare and spectacular species we long to see.
by Geneen Marie Haugen, Jan 21, 2002 -
The American West is an island besieged
An encounter with an almost-extinct Hawaiian bird leads the writer to wonder whether the West's own wildlife and cultures can survive, or whether the region is fated to become a museum instead of a living landscape.
by Paul Larmer, Jan 21, 2002
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