Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

We move our lives indoors as frost and snow shuts down another outdoor growing season in Cheyenne. Yesterday, I plucked all of my tomatoes a...

I spent two hours this morning reading Tammy Christel’s Jackson Hole Art Blog and 12 days of posts on Tammy’s Facebook page  about the fall...

I was noodling around on my PC and I clicked on the Cheyenne Arts web site. I was pleased to see an upgraded site now includes a  Cheyenne A...

I am pleased that WyoFile published my review of Katherine Standefer's nonfiction book, "Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover ...

WyoFile's Studio Wyoming Review posted my review Friday of Georgia Rowswell's exhibit, "Crazy," at the Nicolaysen Art Mu...

How have the arts been impacted by the pandemic? Bigly. No surprise, since the creating of art can be a solitary act but it's enjoye...

My latest piece for Wyofile's Studio Wyoming Review has the header "The subject is roaches," a review of Laramie artist Shel...

I was excited to see that Tammy Christel restarted her Jackson Hole Art Blog . Back when I was the communications guy at the Wyoming Arts Co...

This news just came in from the Wyoming Arts Council Literary News e-mail blast:  Presenting U.S. Poet Laureate: Juan Felipe Herrera   ...

Sunday morning round-up.... A biplane circles the airport, which also brings it over my head as I sit here on the back porch. Don't se...

Gas prices are lower and expected to go even lower. We may be in for $2.50 gas prices in early 2015. Yellowstone had a record 4 million vi...

The Tooth Fairy is real.  Two young people in Jackson Hole have come up with a compelling project to help save elephants. You may have hea...

When I was in Jackson Hole over the weekend, people were plenty sore about the Republican-spawned national park shutdown. Hotel reservations...

Jim Stanford on Oct. 1 at JH Underground : Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks are being barricaded today, and all public access c...

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia may be running for president in 2016 -- but who isn't? Hanging out with a Virginia Democrat will be a darn ...

Snow plowing at the east entrance to Yellowstone near Sylvan Pass in spring 2011. National Park Service photo. Instead of urging its Rep...

The Deadlocks and Jalan Crossland perform a benefit for Save the Hoback on Dec. 21 at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. Money will go to...

I grew a few herbs last summer. Rosemary, basil, oregano. They grew in a pot next to my gas grill, handy for throwing into marinade or tossi...

I'm always a bit dubious when a new novel is compared to Catch-22 or M*A*S*H or is labeled "definitive." However, I am alw...