What the West Needs and How to Get It
On was on vacation, driving through Louisiana when I looked around me and thought: this is what the West needs: water. The ground was so...
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hooleydd
Dec 27, 20213 min read
Night Sky Surprises Above the Snake River
On Idaho’s Snake River there’s little light pollution at night to dim the stars of a December sky. The moon is bright, but when its...
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hooleydd
Aug 29, 20213 min read
Before the Smoke and Fire, One Last Trip to the Woods
Wes, Doris, and Nina all accepted my invitation. Wes and Doris, my husband’s parents, and my mother, Nina, would enjoy a mountain drive...
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hooleydd
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Is It Time for a Train Trip?
For the uninitiated, train travel is wonderful. I began traveling by train years ago because I was afraid to fly. And, though my home is...
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hooleydd
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Can Our Farm Save the Planet?
It’s a puzzle. The problem is our livelihood and lifestyle. My husband and I are farmers living on the Snake River in Idaho who enjoy...
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hooleydd
Dec 31, 20202 min read
Reading about the Universe on New Year’s Eve
It occurred to me that I’d never given my younger self much credit for wisdom. I’ve always thought wisdom and the knowledge that...
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hooleydd
Aug 15, 20202 min read
A Wind that Blows Nobody Good
Ill winds have been part of my history—and as a matter of fact, greater Chicago too. I grew up not too far from the “windy city” in...
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hooleydd
Feb 9, 20203 min read
Finding winter on the Idaho-Montana border…
I really didn’t miss winter this year. It wasn’t until I drove to Leadore, Idaho, a town I’d never visited, that I was reminded of the...
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hooleydd
Jan 26, 20202 min read
How Curiosity Killed the Cow-girl
I have friends and relatives though, that want nothing to do with eating meat—for a variety of reasons. Some have become vegetarian or...
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hooleydd
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Big is Beautiful
The tall guard at the Canadian-Alaskan border crossing asked me to take off my sunglasses so he could compare my physical appearance to...
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hooleydd
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Fired Up and Ready to Go to Alaska
Alaska has been hit by global warming. Still, there’s a question as to whether Alaskans think that’s the problem. My daughter commented...
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hooleydd
Mar 19, 20192 min read
To Fly or Not to Fly
Nervous flyers might be hesitant to fly after hearing about the Max 737 crashes. I get it. I’m not a fan of flying either. I’ve fought...
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hooleydd
Dec 24, 20182 min read
Hot Flash in the Age of Global Warming
Sometimes I’ve wondered, if in a hundred years, we’d call this time period we’re living in—the early 2000’s—the in-between time of...
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hooleydd
Nov 2, 20183 min read
Staying Warm in the Winter
How will we stay warm this winter? Two hundred years ago that was a real concern, even a hundred years ago. Most of us are not like Elsa,...
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