Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

I start my day listening to Wyoming Public Radio. Weekdays, it’s the old stand-by, Morning Music. I started hundreds of mornings listening t...

I returned to volunteer duties at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens this week. In March of 2020, volunteers were put on hiatus during the pandemi...

M as in Mike I as in India K as in Kilo E as in Echo That’s the spelling of my nickname in the International Radiotelephony Spelli...

I start each weekday watching the network news. Not sure why. Goes good with oatmeal, I guess. I usually watch until Trump's smarmy fa...

This summer, we're going to party like it's 1890. Doesn't it always seem like 1890 around here, especially when the legislatur...

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...

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

Anyone out there had norovirus, gastroenteritis, the intestinal bug, stomach flu, the cruise ship curse? It's all the same thing. Unplea...

Cheyenne writer Edith Cook writes thoughtful op-ed pieces for our local paper, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle . Her favorite subject is the envir...

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

T h is intriguing p hoto was on th e Buffalo Bill Center of the West Facebook page . It shows a Wyoming delegation to Washington, D.C. in...

I happened upon Fast Company's Co.Exist (and Co-Create and Co.Design) during my perambulations around the Internet. All three are great...

We cruised up to Mount Rushmore National Memorial yesterday afternoon. It's a 27-mile drive from Rapid City past a weird assortment of...

The Feds are sending $6 million in grants to Wyoming for some much-needed transportation projects. Unfortunately, my pitch for a Cheyenne ...

Riding around Cheyenne on this beautiful May morning. Errands to run, people to deliver. The Decembrists' "The King is Dead" p...

Atlantic City Mercantile, Dark Horse Books and 7D Dude Ranch all part of the National Geographic's Yellowstone Region Geotourism Map at ...

Rebecca Barrett of downtown Cheyenne's Link Gallery was on Channel 5 this morning promoting The 3/50 Project . She said look it up on t...

Intro: Eight years ago in March 2002, my wife Chris (shown above at left) and I bundled up our two kids and set out for a spring break trip...