Results for keyword: rural life
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Life among the Bluffoons
There may be only 200 people living in Bluff, Utah, today, but they cherish a history that goes back for centuries, along with the dramatic red-rock
by Andrew Gulliford, Jun 07, 2012 -
Imaginary journeys on a rowing machine
When a writer buys a rowing machine, her 3-year-old daughter's enthusiasm turns exercise into an adventure as they imagine rowing to reach the island of Yap in Micronesia.
by Michelle Nijhuis, May 03, 2012 -
A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield
With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of determined fellow ranchers, the late Doc Hatfield helped change the face of public-lands ranching in the West.
by Ed Marston, Apr 26, 2012 -
A scrappy community ski hill hangs on in Colorado
In Lake City, Colo., the state's oldest ski lift is still hauling skiers up modest slopes at even more modest prices.
by Nathan Rice, Mar 20, 2012 -
I don't love my dog
It's hard to love your dog when she keeps rolling in dead animals and bringing half-eaten deer parts into your formerly tranquil home.
by Laura Pritchett, Feb 24, 2012 -
A life measured in cordwood: A review of Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men
Cindy Bellinger's memoir, Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men, introduces us to a determined, 60-something, chainsaw-wielding Western woman.
by Gussie Fauntleroy, Feb 19, 2012 -
The education of an oyster farmer
If you want to run a successful oyster farm, you need to develop a taste for eating raw oysters.
by Lissa James, Feb 08, 2012 -
Residents of Montana's High Plains are angry - but not at the real threats
Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else.
by Joe Wilkins, Feb 02, 2012 -
Feeding the deer
A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
by Jaime O'Neill, Jan 25, 2012 -
The logging town of Darrington, Wash., fights to save a fire lookout
A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.'
by Nathan Rice, Jan 24, 2012






