I sip my first mug of morning coffee while gazing at a cow elk standing on the other side of my frosted living room window. She stretches her neck toward the prickly limbs of an Engelmann spruce and rises, briefly, on her haunches to reach the lowest branch. She hangs there just long enough to …
Author: Lisa
Ice Patch Archaeology
Below is an article I published in Distinctly Montana Magazine last December. Every day I become aware of at least one more study on the negative effects of climate change. It can be overwhelming. The more I learn about climate change, the more I want to ignore it and, instead, wrap myself in the snowy cocoon of Yellowstone and …
Wild Horses by Karen Elizabeth Baril
This week I am honored to feature a guest post by Karen Elizabeth Baril. Karen has written more than 400 feature articles in top equestrian magazines including Equus, The Equine Journal, and Trail Rider Magazine. Most recently, she published a creative non-fiction essay in Still Crazy literary magazine. Her career goals are to inform, enlighten, and, …
Bearanoia
It’s Sunday, football day, and John asks if I want to go for a walk up Palmer Mountain Road. “We need another grouse for that pot pie,” he says. I don’t particularly care for football day, but John does, so I’m surprised by his suggestion. I consider briefly the grizzly sow with three cubs spotted …
Song Dog by Karen Elizabeth Baril
This week I am honored to feature our first guest post from my very own mother Karen Elizabeth Baril. Karen has written more than 400 feature articles in top equestrian magazines including Equus, The Equine Journal, and Trail Rider Magazine. Most recently, she published a creative non-fiction essay in Still Crazy literary magazine. Her career goals …
Writing the Wild 