http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/photojournalist-lisa-hamilton-explores-rural-california For her project, Real Rural, photojournalist Lisa Hamilton traveled throughout California, interviewing and photographing scores of rural people. No publisher Danielle Venton small town life Real Rural photography rural Californians photojournalists Lisa Hamilton 2012-03-06T16:43:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/a-second-chance-at-love-a-review-of-liberty-lanes Liberty Lanes, Robin Troy's second novel, tracks the lives of a group of senior citizens in a small Montana town. No publisher Phyllis Barber senior citizens aging novels rural life fiction romance small town life Robin Troy bowling leagues Liberty Lanes 2012-01-18T22:05:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/mapping-the-hi-line-a-review-of-honyocker-dreams-montana-memories Writer David Mogen sets out to understand his childhood and his rural ancestors, who lived along Montana’s Hi-Line, just below the Canadian border. No publisher Andrea Clark Mason autobiography Montana Hi-Line genealogy small town life Eastern European immigrants fathers and sons David Mogen Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories rural life nonfiction Great Plains memoir 2011-10-26T20:27:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/bootstrapping-in-roundup When the Musselshell River flooded Roundup, Mont., it did damage to everything but the townsfolk's indomitable spirit. No publisher Wendy Beye Roundup Mountain small town life flood damage community spirit natural disasters Musselshell River flooding 2011-08-04T14:34:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.8/the-painful-beauty-of-love Melanie Rae Thon's short stories, gathered in her collection In This Light, paint a desolate and tender picture of the West. No publisher Kathleen Yale family Melanie Rae Thon fiction small town life poverty In This Light short stories 2011-05-12T21:41:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/the-sign-maker The wooden signs Phil Garfoot made still offer directions to his friends, even after his death. No publisher Ana Maria Spagna Phil Garfoot cancer small town life trail signs grief Stehekin, Washington trail crews 2011-04-22T15:32:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/reasons-to-persevere In his novel, Blind Your Ponies, Stanley Gordon West looks into the heart of a fictional small town in Montana. No publisher Karen Rigby novels small town life Stanley Gordon West fiction Native Americans Western culture Blind Your Ponies 2011-02-02T23:34:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/poetry-in-motion That odd-looking woman on the sidewalk ahead of you is not just talking to herself; she's trying -- loudly -- to memorize a poem. No publisher Diane Sylvain reciting poems e.e. cummings surgical recovery small town life Dylan Thomas Poetry Tennyson Gerard Manley Hopkins memorization Edna St. Vincent Millay 2010-12-03T00:25:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/summer-blizzard Wonderful things are everywhere -- but you have to pay attention in order to see them. No publisher John Calderazzo Cottonwoods nature writing small town life tornadoes natural beauty dogs 2010-08-06T15:38:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/what-it-took-to-win-one-small-victory The small community of Conway, Wash., successfully fought off a cell-phone tower, but paid a high price for victory. No publisher Ken Winkes cell towers Verizon small town life NIMBYism zoning Ken Winkes 2010-05-11T15:20:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/libby-is-not-what-you-think Libby, Mont., has known more tragedy than most small towns could ever imagine, and yet it remains a wonderful place to live. No publisher Moira Blazi Superfund sites, asbestosis small town life asbestos mining Libby, Montana W.R. Grace EPA 2010-02-05T08:56:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-a-small-town-resembles-facebook Small towns and Facebook have a lot in common: Both are communities that thrive on gossip and sometimes display old-fashioned neighborliness. No publisher John Clayton rumors small town life John Clayton Facebook gossip neighborliness 2010-02-05T08:58:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17686 Rancher Mary Flitner visits with some female bovine friends before going off to have coffee with the human ladies of Shell, Wyo. No publisher Mary Flitner life livestock small town life calving season cattle rural Mary Flitner Agriculture ranching women 2010-02-05T09:28:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15988 Karen Brichoux’s pensive new novel, The Girl She Left Behind, recounts the challenges faced by a young woman on her return to a small Montana town No publisher Sarah R. Craig Western Culture Karen Brichoux The Girl She Left Behind novels fiction homecoming small town life Montana communities rural Western life 2010-02-05T08:56:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15550 Why do newcomers to the West need to build such obnoxious entrance gates to their brand-new ranchettes? No publisher Linda M. Hasselstrom Communities in Transition Old West New West ranchettes second homes relocating entrance gates National Arbor Day Foundation High Plains cowboys ranch life small town life drought communities 2010-02-05T09:24:59Z News Article