Calling all writers rooted in the Colorado Plateau! The Entrada Institute’s Writer-in-Residence program offers $5,000 and up to two weeks in Torrey, Utah, to create work inspired by the region’s ecology, culture & history. Open to poets, fiction, and nonfiction writers of all levels. bit.ly/43fBAJp

Come write with me, @melissasevigny.bsky.social, & Danielle Beazer Dubrasky at Writing From the Land Workshop in Torrey, Utah May 15-17, 2025. 🧡 Registration details here (30 spots left): entradainstitute.networkforgood.com/events/81562...

Woke to the nicest April Fools’ prank. Precipitation is always welcome in the desert, especially in snow form, even in April.

I spoke with a fired National Park Service employee who was considering continuing his work as a volunteer to continue to be able to rent park housing. With no immediate job prospects or rental options, it was either that or move into his car. www.insiderutah.com/articles/pro...

The scene at Capitol Reef National Park, March 1, 2025. Over 80 individuals gathered in support of park staff and in protest of recent national park employee terminations.

The shifting moods of Antelope Island this morning, captured from the south shore of Great Salt Lake.