Now What

Now What

Pack Creek Ranch, San Juan County, Utah Hot, windy, dry – drought and red flag fire danger continues.   NOW WHAT?   Living in an area designated as an extreme fire danger zone tends to focus one’s mind. Especially if the area was burned over recently. The...
Sego Lily

Sego Lily

From the Shoshone, the Mormon pioneers learned to eat sego lilies when food ran short on the trek to Salt Lake. In tribute, the Sego lily was named the Utah state flower in 1911. The lily appears briefly in early summer – suddenly they pop up between my house and studio.

Fire, Then and Now

Fire, Then and Now

As I slowly walked the 200 steps between my house and studio this morning, I heard the echo in my mental museum of the events of five years ago. The evidence of that day still marks the landscape I walked through – and my response remains the same. But my reflections on what the day meant have deepened.

Remembering

Remembering

This was written the day after Memorial Day, when the visitors to the local cemetery had come and gone, leaving behind flowers and flags – and the deceased to rest in peace.