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I don't love my dog http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/i-dont-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.No publisherLaura Pritchettrural lifeColorado writersDogsmountain lionspets2012-02-28T17:27:56ZNews ArticleCan an old mine become a work of art? http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/can-an-old-mine-become-a-work-of-art The old Ute-Ule mine site outside Lake City, Colo., is under scrutiny by the Hardrock Revision Team, which wants to clean up the mine and yet preserve it as a living and historic work of art.No publisherLaura Pritchetttailings pilesUte-Ule mine19th century silver minesLake City, ColoradoGeorge Hurdartistsphyto-remediationmine cleanupColorado Art RanchUte-Ulay mineold mining sitescamera obscurasGrant PoundLKA InternationalJulia LewandoskiWestern historyHardrock Revision ReamLinda WysongBLMhardrock miningLake City Downtown Improvement and Revitalization TeamColorado history2011-12-02T16:30:48ZNews ArticleThe Western Lit Blues http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.16/the-western-lit-blues A Western writer is tired of being typecast as a Western writer.No publisherLaura PritchettLaura PritchettAlexandra FullerNew Westurban WestPam HoustonOld WestWestern writersRick BassfishingAaron Abeyta2010-10-05T15:42:41ZNews ArticleLittle doses of danger http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.8/little-doses-of-danger A formerly fearless outdoorswoman becomes unexpectedly wary once she becomes the mother of two children.No publisherLaura PritchettmotherhoodfearLaura Pritchettriver raftingoutdoor recreation2010-05-17T16:21:23ZNews ArticleMy brother, the bear http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.21/my-brother-the-bear A Colorado woman copes with marauding bears, dead chickens and her beloved brother's schizophrenia. No publisherLaura Pritchett2010-02-05T09:19:42ZNews ArticleThe Universe on Blacktop http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.5/the-universe-on-blacktop A Colorado family finds satisfaction -- and cash -- in scavenging metal for recycling.No publisherLaura Pritchett environmental activistsparents and childrenaluminum recyclingrecyclingdumpster divingLaura Pritchettscrap yards2010-02-05T09:15:21ZNews ArticleA Western primer http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.17/a-western-primer Western writers offer a generous and inspired list of recommended reading for the president-elect, including a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction.No publisherJeff Lee, Laura Pritchett, Teresa Jordan, Stephen Trimble, William Debuys, Dan Flores, Linda Hasselstrom, Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, Debra Utacia Krol, Aaron Abeyta Linda HasselstromRick BassBarry LopezStephen TrimbleTeresa JordanJeff LeeWilliam DebuysLaura PritchettWestern writersAaron AbeytaEnvironmental issuesDan FloresWestern issuesDebra Utacia Krol2010-02-05T08:50:54ZNews ArticleMy short tenure with a blind pigeon http://www.hcn.org/issues/362/17466 Laura Pritchett reluctantly – and guiltily –
agrees to take care of a blind pigeon for her mother.No publisherLaura PritchettblindpigeonssufferingLaura Pritchettguiltmothers and daughtersbirds2011-02-14T23:25:14ZNews ArticleSafe out there http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16985 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.No publisherLaura Pritchettand daughtersmadnessmotherscompassionpersonal historyinsanitymental illnessschizophreniaLaura Pritchettautobiographyhelping othersmemoryhallucinationsfamiliesessaysmemoirchildhood friends2010-08-06T22:00:48ZNews ArticleA Proud Member of PAOBHA http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16689 Today’s rural West with its monster homes and
Hummers sorely needs a group like PAOBHA, People Against
Ostentatious and Boorish HousingNo publisherLaura Pritchettrich peoplehumorrural communitiesHummerssocial equityreal estatesecond homesAlLaura PritchettGoremonster homesluxury homesSocio-Economicshousing2010-09-14T22:35:10ZNews ArticleResurrecting J. Thomas http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16194 The crumbling remains of a man named J. Thomas have a
story to tell about life and death in the northern Colorado in the
1870sNo publisherLaura PritchettWestern HistoryWestern CultureLaura Pritchettmothers and daughtersWestern historyOld Westcemeteriesgravesburial placeshuman remainsranch
lifenorthern Coloradodeathlast wordsBingham Hill Cemeterycowboysranchersskeletons2011-12-15T17:54:11ZNews ArticleInside the fall http://www.hcn.org/issues/308/15859 A writer celebrates finding happiness and finding herself,
as she romps with her children in the beautiful season of
autumnNo publisherLaura PritchettHuman Beings And Nature2010-02-05T08:31:21ZNews ArticleFury http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15621 The death of her old horse, Fury, leads a northern
Colorado writer to think about the changing aspects – and the
unchanging quirkiness – of her old hometowns of Bellvue and
LaPorteNo publisherLaura PritchettCommunities In TransitionLaPorteBellvueColoradohorseschildhood memorieschanging communitiessmall townsrural lifestyleneighborsdisputesargumentssprawldevelopmentnewcomersOld WestNew
Westhorseback riding2010-02-05T09:25:30ZNews ArticleAnti-immigration myopia http://www.hcn.org/issues/244/13748 Anti-immigration myopiaNo publisherLaura Pritchett2008-07-16T23:36:36ZLetter to the Editor