“Go outside,” she said. “You’re going to miss it!” What didn’t I miss?A golden sunset.Black Hills gold– mellow and warm.Clouds– gold. Winter grass– gold.McCullough Peaks– gold.A golden horizonInterrupted only by […]
The Goldfinch
A good book lingers after the final page is read and the binding is closed. I just finished reading The Goldfinch, the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt. In the […]
“It’s Just a Bird”- the Endangered Species Act
In recent years, we’ve heard increasing criticism of the Endangered Species Act and the inconvenience and potential economic costs of protecting native wildlife species, such as prairie dogs, sage grouse, and […]
What’s the Big Idea?
Here’s one: condensing the meaning of life into a blog post. Wish me luck! Deb Adams of the Papers of William F. Cody project sent a link yesterday to a […]
Mechanical Musings at the Museum
A building engineer coming into the Center of the West would see very little by way of mechanical equipment that he wouldn’t recognize. True, there are some aspects of this […]
