Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

This solstice I awoke to lawnmowers, just one, the riding mower Brian pilots as he mows my yard and the ones adjacent and across the street....

I just finished “Eruption” co-written posthumously by Michael Crichton and prehumously by best-selling author James Patterson. It’s a wild r...

June normally would see me outside coaxing my tomato seedlings. But this year, I’ll leave the gardening to others. We are giving our house, ...

On May 29, I wrote about Eudora Welty’s garden in Mississippi, prompted by a post from another Mississippian and musician Jason Burge. In Ma...

Donuts! Haven’t given them much thought the past couple decades. They once were a regular morning feature, coffee and donuts. You know it ...

It happens fast. One afternoon in September you sit in the easy chair, fan blows the sweat off your body. Next morning, you reach for a blan...

This April 6 WyoFile post brings us more good news about global warming: Wyoming botanist Trevor Bloom spotted his first springtime bloom...

Angel Kisses The sun’s first ray taps the crown of my head. I’m the tallest creature on the ocean, me, a young man bobbing just outside of...

I'm volunteering Saturday afternoon at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens front desk. The place will be hopping with the annual Heirlooms and ...

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...

So this is Nebraska So this is Nebraska. A Sunday afternoon; July. Driving along with your hand out squeezing the air, a meadowlark waiting ...

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...

View from The Castle, looking west toward Laramie Peak. The family and I drove to Guernsey State Park for Mother's Day. This is only...

It's as if I went to sleep in winter and awoke in spring. For the past two days, hurricane-force gusts have toppled semis on the inter...

The Laramie County Democrats held a fund-raiser and barbecue this afternoon at AB Camping on College Drive, also home to a nifty diner. The ...

During my recovery from April's knee replacement surgery, my friend Liz brought me a Roma tomato seedling. I placed the sprout in my kit...

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

The last Saturday in April. Windows thrown open. Breeze riffling curtains. I hear a lawnmower. This is transition season between the sou...

Rita Basom, my colleague for the past 23 years, retired on Friday. We enjoyed a gala week of farewell lunches, a smashing retirement party a...