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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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I’m Back!
In the aftermath of the United States elections last year, I had to step away. The emotional devastation of policy repeals and challenges were too difficult to write about and I needed to protect my own mental health. On top of all that was happening nationally, our family experienced some significant changes during 2025. We…
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Tough Week
I had every intention of posting something last Monday. I’ve been working on a few ideas of what to write about and thought I was ready for one of them. But. Inauguration day killed any enthusiasm. Then there was a flurry of executive orders. Full of drama and flourish. Most without power, but still charting…
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Winter Disruption
It doesn’t take much news to see that winter weather in the United States has been havoc over the last few weeks. Severe cold and huge snowfall amounts contrasting with fires in LA and extreme drought. I’ve been in the middle of some of it. We flew to Salt Lake City for the holidays. As…
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Joy
Heads up! We’re traveling over the next 2 weeks, like so many others, for the holidays. So see you in 2025! The joy of Christmas brings on a completely new feeling as a parent watching your kid experience it. James was born on Dec 21st so, technically, this is his 3rd Christmas, but he was…
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