Lay of the Land
Salmon Homecoming
TODAY, I’m watching salmon mating. On the banks of the Sandy River, the naturalist explains that I am looking at a female salmon building a nest, but all I see is Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Lay of the Land
Middle of Nowhere
THERE IS NO ROAD, hasn’t been a road since Gerlach, that crust of a town where we turned from pavement to playa, to hairline-fractured hardpan Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Prairie Chicken Marathon
I DRIVE OUT on Highway 10, leaving Houston behind — past Buc-ee’s gas station with the “cleanest restrooms in America” Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Honoring Trees
A first-of-its-kind art exhibit, Hemlock Hospice, tells the story of hemlocks ravaged by tree-killing insects. Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Garbage Man
NEEDS BLURB Continue reading