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Essays December 21, 2009 Away in the Secular Manger Published by National Public Radio. For a secular science journalist, what does the story of Christmas really mean? A reflection on creches, Christmas, and motherhood. 
September 14, 2009Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35 Published by High Country News. Discovering a home of mysteries and restless souls. Winner of the 2010 First Person Narrative Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. 
July 20, 2009A Tenderfoot in Taos Published by High Country News. An exhausted mother. A lively baby. A compassionate drunkard. 
March 30, 2009The Price of Power Published by National Geographic. "A decade ago, when I first moved to a small town in western Colorado, coal kept me warm at night." An essay from National Geographic's special energy issue about the environmental and human costs of energy booms. August 11, 2008 Under the Asphalt, a Rumor Thrives Published by High Country News. A team of investigators look for a safe under a Grand Junction, Colo., parking lot -- and end up finding not treasure, but a busted myth. August 15, 2007 Wildfires Ignite Worries Published by All Things Considered. On living with fire. March 01, 2007 Scarface Published by Audubon. Photographer Cameron Davidson skims above the Appalachian landscape, and zooms in on mountaintop coal mining. January 17, 2007 Powder Day Published by All Things Considered. We expected a ski trip. We got something else. November 27, 2006 This Dog Believes Published by High Country News. Pika takes on global warming. May 29, 2006 Between the Body and the World Published by High Country News. Pondering plasticized human remains at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. October 31, 2005 The End of Something Really Big Published by High Country News. Notes of a "carcass tourist." August 08, 2005 The American Dream, Sans Gasoline Published by High Country News. An essay about the joys of biodiesel. November 29, 2004 Send the Coyotes to Congress Published by High Country News. New representation for the West on Capitol Hill. November 03, 2003 Extreme Canning Published by High Country News. An essay about trying out for a new sport. May 13, 2002 Where Free Trade is More than an Acronym Published by High Country News. An essay about picking onions along the Mexican border. Also appeared in the Denver Post and other regional newspapers. |
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Follow me on Twitter Listen to my interview with the founder of conservation biology, Michael Soule, on wolves and Colorado Watch a slideshow and hear an interview based on my High Country News essay "Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35." Listen to my 2008 commencement address at Reed College
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