Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

"The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow." That's the refrain in...

Mile High Muffins Muffix mix, two eggs, two-thirds cup water and canola oil, mix well and add blueberries from a can. May need to add more...

Wind from the ancient sea A hurricane-force wind blew down the pine onto my roof on a February day. The house shook and I looked out the f...

My new home is in Ormond-by-the-Sea, Florida. It is separated by the Inland Waterway from Ormond-not-by-the -Sea where most of the rest of m...

WELCOME TO 7,220 FEET. That's a huge sign on UW's War Memorial Stadium. It's meant to psyche-out teams visiting from lower altit...

“Rocky Mountain High” reminds us of how we sat around a campfire everybody getting high on Colorado in the summer of ’72. John Denver’s melo...

You will forget things. As you age, that’s the mantra you hear from people who think they know better. Nobody tells you this: you forget how...

One of my favorite loop tours for visitors is Cheyenne to Saratoga via the Snow Range. And then back again. For me, this 300-mile round-trip...

Don’t get around much anymore. Not since March 2020 anyway. Guests arrive August 2021 and it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee and the ...

Robins are good parents. Both mom and dad brings food to the chicks. When the adult robin alights on the nest, the movement prompts sightles...

Our first public outing of the COVID-19 era was to a combination drive-in concert and movie. It was held in a pasture on the Terry Bison Ran...

INTRO: "The Way We Worked" exhibit wrapped up its stint at the Laramie County Public Library on Nov. 16. This Smithsonian-sponsore...

The certified nursing assistant (CNA) named Ashley pulls me out of my chair and leads me to the walker so I can get to the handicapped acces...

Jane Hirshfield has teamed up with the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University to form #poetsforscience which will commemorate thi...

One of the constants of winter driving in Wyoming: Elk Mountain. That's all you have to say. Elk Mountain.  When I arrived in Ro...

Joe Corrigan at Wyoming Equality sen ds this notice about next weekend's annual Rendezvous in the Laramie Range: Rendezvous is fast a...

Night Heron Books in downtown Laramie is now publicly growing some of its own food in a mini-greenhouse on the sidewalk in front of the s...

Silvery Fir Tree tomatoes on the vine. I've had particularly good luck with this variety.  The Ailsa Craigs are looking good too. ...

The darker the state, the higher the suicide rate The Billings Gazette began a series on Sunday exploring Montana's "suicide e...

This looks like fun, science and the arts mixing it up, and it's happening at my favorite (and closest) national park (from the 5280 m...