Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

February in a place known for its noise. Race cars that roar to grandstands of screaming fans. The pounding noise of motorcycles on every ci...

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....

The most beautiful song about missing snow at Christmas is one written by Steve Goodman and performed by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The song’s ...

A week ago today, I sat in my Ford staring out at the frozen tundra of Carbon County. I was about ten feet off of Hwy. 287, rear end facing ...

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...

Walked outside barefoot this morning just to see what 35 degrees feels like on coastal Florida. It was cold. Freeze warnings were in eff...

Thursday... Walked the beach today in the face of a north wind. It was slightly cold, but nowhere near the ferocity of a Wyoming January g...

It's still winter here in southeast Wyoming. It won't officially be winter until the solstice arrives on Dec. 21, which is still a...

The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts a mild and wet winter for my part of the world in southeastern Wyoming. Meanwhile, my homeplace of F...

Some really fine detail in this photo by David Jamison of NV Photographics. My wife, daughter and I, along with a thousand of our closest ...

Family with trophy tree, Snowy Range, Wyoming Warm December days, still nights and lunar eclipses probably presage a cold, windy sn...

This comes from the Northern Colorado Food Incubator : Cheyenne will host two winter farmers' markets this fall, patterned after the For...

Here's a Christmas and/or holiday gift that will bedevil your Republicans friends and family members. Especially those in the former Co...