Rambling Hemlock

One last backpacking trip to the La Sal Mountains before I leave Utah for my a new job in Georgia. I worry that it is perhaps too snowy, but...

“Jan, I might turn around if it gets bad,” I reluctantly admit. It’s the third day of our trip. I'm tired and frustrated by how sore m...

 To understand the significance of this trip, I must take you back to when I was 17.  When I was enthralled with Edward Abbey, and obsessiv...

Someone recently made a comment about “not using your degree.” As if getting a PhD was just about jumping through some hoops to get a piece ...