Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Russia invaded Ukraine this week. Putin does not want a democracy on its border. The Ukrainians are fighting back. The U.S. knows what joini...

Casting about on the new book releases during the summer, I came across "Ridgeline," a new novel by Michael Punke. He's the au...

Cheyenne Frontier Days is underway. I live maybe a half-mile from Frontier Park, home of the rodeo and night concerts. On most nights, I can...

I am surrounded by nuclear missiles. They lurk in their hidey-holes on the rolling prairie of Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. I give little ...

Every eight years election cycle, Democrats in Wyoming are faced with a dilemma. For the August primary, should we change our registration ...

When I read my work, I usually don't say much before I launch into a story. To explain something and then read it is counter-productive...

If this is Labor Day weekend (and it is) that means that we honor the hard-working people of the world by shopping at the new Wal-Mart that ...

At my day job, scores of press releases arrive daily. Occasionally, I read one and say "Wow!" It happened in March when I saw tha...

Looking for something to do this summer? You don't have to look very far. The Wyoming Arts Council and the Wyoming Humanities Counci...

I'm working on a short story set in 1939 Cheyenne. I rarely venture this far back in time. Two stories in my first collection were set i...

The takeover of Wyoming by right-wing zealots has begun. It may seem that Wyoming was lost to the rising tide of extremism a long time ago...

The always-interesting Meteor Blades reported Wednesday on Daily Kos some good news that came out of  Tuesday's election. Amongst repor...

Jeff Lockwood Who lives behind the carbon curtain? I do. You do too if you're in Wyoming. University of Wyoming prof and author ...

At Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site: Mike Shay and Brian and Eileen Casey. Thousands of wagons passed this way during the heyday of t...

Hanging out at Esther Hobart Morris's statue at the Wyoming State Capitol with Brian and Eileen Casey. My sister Eileen and her hus...

Me sitting at Hemingway's writing desk at Spear-O-Wigwam in the Big Horn Mountains. Ernest Hemingway found something in Wyoming. A...

I'm not a Florida beach guy. Not anymore. Salt water once ran in my veins. The sun freckled my skin on a daily basis. All summer long,...

We live in the age of miracles and innovations. I walk around with a device that helps my heart correct arrhythmia -- I got rhythm! I ...