Colorado Archives • Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments

A Life of Science:
Extreme Gardening in the Rocky Mountains
by Lorah Patterson

May 17, 2018

A Series by New Scientists IIt was early morning and the clouds hung low in the Colorado valley. “Get on your feet! Ba doo da doo b... Read More...

Letter to America
by Camille Dungy

March 5, 2018

Currents, Guest Editorial, Letter to America

11

Diversity: A Garden Allegory with Suggestions for Direct Action Dear America, When we first moved into our house, the yard wa... Read More...

Many Edges to Explore:
An Interview with Pattiann Rogers

October 13, 2017

Interviews

Interview by Tina Kelley Introduction Pattiann Rogers. Photo by John R. Rogers. Pattiann Rogers is a crucial voice in the wilderness... Read More...

Available Light: Prairie Rocket
by W. Scott Olsen

July 24, 2017

Available Light, Currents, Image in Place

A Series on the Photography of Place with Image Gallery I can hear the NASA voice in my head. Ignition sequence started. We hav... Read More...

On the Trail of Mountain Lions, by Melissa L. Sevigny

Into the Half-Wild
by Steven Church

July 5, 2017

Nonfiction

Blue House In the fall of 2002 I moved with my wife and our infant son into a blue house on the Cache le Poudre River outside of Fort Collins... Read More...

Crosscut
by Tim Lydon

February 21, 2017

Nonfiction

I am cutting firewood near my home in northwest Montana when my old chainsaw, plagued by various ailments, finally sputters and dies. In sudde... Read More...

Letter to America
by Juan Morales

February 9, 2017

Letter to America, Poetry

Click button above to hear Juan Morales read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format. Dear America I’m ... Read More...

Letter to America
Photographs by Sarah Skeen

November 29, 2016

Currents, Guest Editorial, Image in Place, Letter to America

1

Photos from the Granada War Relocation Center, also known as Amache, near Granada, Colorado, March 2016. “The camp was one of ten i... Read More...

Blogging #AWP16: Day 3

April 2, 2016

AWP 2016, News

2

A Probable Series by Simmons B. Buntin Time, the elements, and the beautiful gods of Southern California permitting, I am blogging the Terrain.or... Read More...

The Great Underground
by Emily Wortman-Wunder

November 1, 2013

Contest, Issue 34, Nonfiction

2

4th Annual Contest Finalist Download this essay in .mp3 format. Air pushes from the mouth of the Henderson Molybdenum Mine like the breath ... Read More...

Aftertude, or The Five Stages of Loss:
Remembering Jake Adam York
by Simmons B. Buntin

February 4, 2013

Currents, Events, The Literal Landscape

Jake Adam York August 10, 1972 - December 16, 2012 1. IsolationBecause there is blood streaming from his side, a man is screaming. This is not ... Read More...

Awake in L.A.
by Josh Shear

January 6, 2013

Issue 31, Nonfiction

2

3rd Annual Terrain.org Nonfiction Contest Finalist That moment when you’re screaming downhill into the valley, two hours out of Las Vegas i... Read More...

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