Landscape Vocabulary

Speaking of Place is a monthly Precipitate feature that explores the relationships between language, people, and place.

Rest Stop Souther Colorado. Image Courtesy of Author.

In eastern Colorado, the landscape looks parched. Until I drove through it a few weeks ago, I had no idea. It’s . . . → Read More: Landscape Vocabulary

High Plains Horse Culture and Fossils Celebrated at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Dispatches from a Wild Mind is a weekly Precipitate feature that explores the wild in place, nature, history, and art.

Kevin Locke, the Lakota Northern Plains flute player and Hoop Dancer, one of several headliners at this summer’s High Plains Celebration. Photo Courtesy of kevinlocke.com.

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Christine

Where Dead is Better: The Ongoing Saga of a Little Girl’s Love Affair with Stephen King is a monthly column that explores the artistic and imaginative influence of King’s wild places upon one impressionable child.

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Once, in college, I found myself workshopping a . . . → Read More: Christine

The Place In Between

Dispatches from a Wild Mind is a weekly Precipitate feature that explores the wild in place, nature, history, and art.

Sunset with rain at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National Park Service.>>

Surprise is a natural response from . . . → Read More: The Place In Between

Venturing Out: On Being a Visitor in Belize

Speaking of Place is a monthly Precipitate feature that explores the relationships between language, people, and place.

Food Stand. Image Courtesy of Author.

I have done a fair amount of traveling throughout North America and Europe, so I’m familiar with the dynamics of being a tourist. . . . → Read More: Venturing Out: On Being a Visitor in Belize

The limits of the human scale

The Third Ten Million Years is a weekly Precipitate feature exploring the mysteries of life on a single planet, as seen through a single pair of eyes in a single body composed of the same fine material as the deserts of Mars.

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“By . . . → Read More: The limits of the human scale

The Unexpected Wonder

Dispatches from a Wild Mind is a weekly Precipitate feature that explores the wild in place, nature, history, and art.

A Western Meadowlark. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National Park Service.

Except for half-a-dozen contrails as white as a prairie snowball’s petals and . . . → Read More: The Unexpected Wonder

While Reading through Layers of Soil and Bone

Dispatches from a Wild Mind is a weekly Precipitate feature that explores the wild in place, nature, history, and art.

The Fossil Hills, also known as University (left) and Carnegie Hills, at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Photo by Fred MacVaugh provided courtesy of the National . . . → Read More: While Reading through Layers of Soil and Bone

Put a Bird on It

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

If you’re not a birder, or don’t understand what all the hype is about, you just need to take one trip to change your view. Head to Siesta Key, Florida.

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Standing Face to Face with Crazy Horse and Recognizing My Bias

Dispatches from a Wild Mind is a weekly Precipitate feature that explores the wild in place, nature, history, and art.

Crazy Horse Memorial: Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Photo by Navin75, provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

5:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 23. Five . . . → Read More: Standing Face to Face with Crazy Horse and Recognizing My Bias