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Tag Archives: The West
Review of Jim DeFelice’s “West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express” (2018)
“One of the keystones of the Pony Express was its sheer speed: They could get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco, California in 10 days.” Continue reading
The Year Without a Winter Over, Wildfire Season Begins
“So it’s hard to convey or describe just how oddly warm this winter has been in the Southwest.” Continue reading
On Pekka Hamalainen’s “Indigenous Continent”: Finnish Historian’s View of Native American History
“Hamalainen’s Indigenous Continent is an impressive book, long and detailed.” Continue reading
The Year Without a Winter Ends: It’s Spring!
So it’s Spring in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Cottonwoods and Cherry trees are blooming. And Venus is bright in a dusky sky.
The Year Without a Winter continues
Winter 2025-26 has been a seriously weird weather stretch worthy of the phrase The Year Without a Winter.
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Posted in 2025-26 Drought, Water Crisis, Weird Weather
Tagged Climate Change, The West, The Year Without a Winter
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On Randall K. Wilson’s “A Place Called Yellowstone”: Award-Winning History of Yellowstone National Park
So as a devoted National-Park aficionado I learned of Randall K. Wilson’s A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park last Spring when it was announced as winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize for the best … Continue reading
On the New Film “Grizzly Night,” Based on the Nonfiction Book “Night of the Grizzly” (1971)
So it was my (pleasant? gruesome?) surprise yesterday to stumble upon this new film Grizzly Night, which is based on a true story, famously recounted in Jack Olsen’s nonfiction book Night of the Grizzlies (1971). I’m a sucker for a … Continue reading
Posted in "Grizzly Night" 2026 film, "Night of the Grizzlies" by Jack Olsen, Animal attack movies, Bear attacks, Bears, books/film, Film, Glacier National Park backcountry, Horror Films, The West, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Yellowstone National Park backcountry trips
Tagged Film, Good Bears Gone Bad, Grizzly Night, Night of the Grizzlies, The West
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Shoshone Lake Paddle Trip Report: Yellowstone National Park, September 2025
So last Spring when I was arranging a week-long kayaking trip on Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park I read a number of Trip Reports, on various blogs and backcountry-travel sites. They were helpful. Some of them were kooky, such … Continue reading
The Year Without a Winter (in the Southwest): 2025-2026
So here’s a story that hasn’t been featured much in the news media: The Southwest has had a pitiful winter so far—parched and warm. It’s drier than a tumbleweed here in south-central Colorado. And it’s worse elsewhere south and west … Continue reading
Posted in 2025-26 Drought, Climate Change, Michael Mann's The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, The West, The Year Without a Summer, Uncategorized, Weird Weather
Tagged 2025-26 Drought, Climate Change, Michael Mann's The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, The West, The Year Without a Summer
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Bobcats Not in Bad Decline: CivilWarLand Is Here, and Bobcats Are Invading
So my title today is a nod to my writer-friend’s excellent book of stories, George Saunders’s CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (of which I have a rare first edition). With all the ICE chaos and MAGA mayhem it’s a relief to … Continue reading
Posted in Bobcats, Photography, The West, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Bobcats, The West, Wildlife photgraphy
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