So'ho-gwa in the Improvement Era
The canyon didn’t have a name for itself, but some of the humans who drank from its waters called it So'ho-gwa. It wasn’t just humans....
Red Butte Creek: Shifting Shorelines
I grew up playing in Red Butte Creek and its neighboring waterways. I planted trees within Red Butte Garden and still find solace on the...
Ute Brave: Copper’s Cradle
Deep within the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, bronze figures line the rows of storage shelves. The archives are sealed, climate controlled,...
LNCO: A Language for the Earthquake to Come
The foundations that dig into the steep hillside and the pipes that weave underground passages merely scratch the surface of the faulted...
Engineering Circle: A Disanthropic History
The place that draws me is a concrete circle, a kind of pedestrian roundabout, in the center of the College of Engineering (COE) campus....
Red Butte Fence: Tracing Animal Movement and Obstruction
Needing a break from studying, I leave the Environmental Humanities building on the University of Utah campus and begin walking towards...
The Big Picture from Big Cottonwood Creekside Park
A few years ago I sat shotgun in a realtor’s car, agonized to leave my mid-city home. Children grown. Hot August. House after unpromising...
Letter on the Hill
Take a road trip out West, and you’re likely to catch sight of a giant letter on a hill. To native Westerners, these hillside letters...