Monthly Archive: October 2014

Roadside Geology

“From here,” said our guide, pointing toward the horizon, “you can see Wyoming.” At the time we were standing in Wyoming. We looked anyway. Nothing was the same after that.

The View Remains

In the summer of 1979, I served as a “wilderness ranger” in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York. I lived in a little wooden shack without electricity or running water. It stood on the...