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New Resources
I know I’ve been away for a few weeks. Even though it isn’t what I want, I realize that writing when I can, rather than being on a consistent schedule may just be where I am in life right now. I’ll be glad when we finally move into our new house and all the prep…
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It has begun
We knew that fire season would come early this year, due to the early spring warming and exceptionally dry weather. Well, it’s here. On Friday/Saturday, we had four new starts in about 24 hours. From where I live in Utah now, we have at least 4 active fires within 2 hours drive. The two closest…
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New Project
I’m on summer break right now, at least from my school job, mothering never ends! So of course this was the perfect time to begin working on a new project. For a long time, I’ve wanted to do something with the large amount of photos that I’ve taken during my many adventures. They aren’t all…
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NPR’s Climate Solutions Week
For the last fours years, NPR has dedicated a week to showcasing how local communities are moving forward with climate solutions no matter the federal political environment. This year was May 18-24th. You can find all of their stories here: https://www.npr.org/series/1199537689/climate-week This year’s stories cover a wide range of topics and locales. How Portland, OR…
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Morning Hikes
To the east of Salt Lake City and Ogden is the Wasatch Front, a section of mountains, that are part of the Rockies. These mountains were once the eastern shoreline of Lake Bonneville, an ancient lake that was much larger than the Great Salt Lake. Honoring that shoreline, many of the hillsides contain sections of…
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City Nature Challenge
I wanted to hop over here and get you interested and even excited in participating in the City Nature Challenge that starts tomorrow and runs for four days. Check out all the information here https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/ Each “city” is hoping to capture more observations than they did last year. One city will come out on top…
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Day to Day
In my day to day life, it can feel like I am doing almost nothing to move the needle on climate change. So if you feel that way, know that you are not alone. Like most, my pressing needs to exchange my time for money (work), feed, cloth, and shelter my family, and manage the…
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Wildfire
In August 2025, fueled by strong winds and dry conditions, a vehicle fire sparked a brush fire on the mountain hillside of the valley we now call home. Over 150 homes were evacuated for a few days and about 600 acres, but no structures, ended up burning. However, the location was under the high voltage…
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Winter?
This winter was unseasonably warm across the Western US. That held true here in Utah too. It was 60 degrees on Christmas with no snow in sight. In fact, it was the warmest winter (Dec-Feb) on record in Salt Lake City, breaking the 2015 record by 2 degrees, and coming in at 7.6 degrees above…
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My New Home
Ogden, UT sits just north of Salt Lake City by about 35 minutes. It’s bordered to the east by mountains, called the Wasatch front, and to the west lies the Great Salt Lake. The valley contains many communities that bleed into one another making it difficult to tell where one ends and another begins. Poor…
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