October 2023

Ninemile Canyon

The last time I drove to Utah had been in the heart of winter, when I went on a winter camping trip to the San Rafael Swell with a group of old friends. In December, white snow blanketed the ground to every horizon, only broken by the unending line of pavement that ran west, ever …

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The Back Cover

I was awake long before my alarm out of excitement at going out to do a bird survey. I got dressed in the dark and drank a full liter of water with electrolytes before starting my hike to the transect. I was embroiled in a long-standing feud with a Dutch pediatrician since childhood and never …

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