May 28, 2010 | Entrada Journal, The Written Word
Trout Stream Through Mars by Ellen Meloy HOW TO COMBAT IMPENDING DESERTIFICATION 1) Heed the warnings. When Monument Valley tries to enter and take over your living room, consider the season to have turned truly grim. Fine red sand covered every surface inside and...
May 28, 2010 | Entrada Journal, The Written Word
Uncoiling the Spiral Jetty by Frank McEntire This site was a rotary that enclosed itself in an immense roundness. From that gyrating space emerged the possibility of the Spiral Jetty. – Robert Smithson Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) is located near the...
May 28, 2010 | Entrada Journal, The Written Word, Writers
Landing Under a Sleeping Rainbow by Chip Ward A child of the East, I had never seen a desert. My eyes had been conditioned to see beauty in the pastoral landscapes of Vermont, the rich forest green of the Adirondaks, and the classic alpine vistas of Switzerland. As...
May 28, 2010 | Entrada Journal, The Written Word
Six Miles and a Hundred Years by Paul Burnham Originally published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner April 2004 I was hitchhiking in southern Utah last month. After leaving the car at the end of a trail, I needed a ride to the beginning. Let me just say right now ...
May 28, 2010 | Entrada Journal, The Written Word
Sandstone Seduction by Katie Lee Reprinted from Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends (2004) On this new October day, in the year of our River Gods, 1959, I have walked up a deep, shaded canyon through water, wet sand, and golden redbud leaves. ...
