Dear Cousin
“I believe in living in a land of little water because life is drawn together.” —Terry Tempest Williams Dear Cousin, I hope the...
Twenty-Five Years
In the fall of 1993, a few years before the oil boom, I moved to Vernal, Utah. I have lived here for almost a quarter of a century....
Accounts of the Inversion
As an environmental sustainability major at the University of Utah, I may contemplate the quality of our air and water more than average...
Mythology
Did you know I set myself on fire just for the smoke. Did you know the world set itself afloat and everything melted back to Pangaea with...
Breathtaking: Reflections from the Lake
The air is clean out here on the lake, for now. The hustle and bustle of the city takes its toll on me, and life is busier than I ever...
Attractive Killer
Evenings have a dreaminess to them now, a heaviness filled with fog. A hazy nightmare, where the outlines of shapes blur into their...
The Monster Inside of Me
I don’t know life without asthma. For twenty years, I have battled with, and lost battles against, this debilitating sickness that...
Disproportionate Burden
As an undocumented woman, my life is filled with insecurities and false hopes. And on a cold winter day in early January, I lost control...