Ada Dunkley: Sense of Place on Sacred Lands
According to Barry Lopez, “querencia” is a term that “refers to a place on the ground where one feels secure, a place from which one’s strength of character is drawn”.
Lena Connolly: Lessons in Patience From the Dirty Devil River
The trail has taught me many lessons; but the one I keep relearning is the art of slowing down. My foot slips below the surface, only to be enveloped completely
Lillian Schroeder: On Desert Time
The sun grazes the tops of the canyon walls as the songbirds sing and the clouds disappear. The air is cool and the breeze light. It is morning within the
Anna Favour: Horseshoe Canyon as a Canvas
“Our place is part of what we are. Yet even a “place” has a kind of fluidity; it passes through space and time… A place will have been grasslands, then
Lucia Possehl: The Bones of the Land are Showing
We met with Jerry Shue, a Moab-based landscape geographer before embarking on our first twelve-day trip into Horseshoe Canyon to get our first introduction to the natural and social processes
Sarah Bartz: Valuing the Intrinsic in an Instrumental Valued World
I sit on the shore of Lake Powell. My wristwatch reads 6:16 pm, the sun is creeping below the horizon, and the warmth of the day is still tickling my
Ryan Feidt: What I’ve learned from a Great Blue Heron
As I awaken in the early morning, I look to the east; the sun just barely peaking over the horizon. The sky is lit with reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows.
Keagan McCully: Reorientation
A couple nights ago I awoke with a pounding in my head. My throat was uncomfortably dry, I was damp with sweat and my face felt like it was being
Renne Baldwin: Everything We Do is for Rain
Rain in the desert is magical. The sky turns dark and fog settles into the canyons. Moments after the first raindrop, the sagebrush alerts our noses to the water by
Madison Pettersen-Bradford: Paradox
We all live in paradox. That’s what our instructor Joe said at the beginning of this section as we rode all together in the van to Escalante, Utah. That statement