Katrina Martich

I live in a state where the lieutenant governor suggested grandparents should be willing to expose themselves to, and if necessary, die...

Horses have taught me a lot over the years. Most of the lessons came when things weren’t going well. The training rides where everything...

Gene Stratton-Porter was an amazing woman. I recently read about her in a Smithsonian magazine article. She lived in northeast Indiana...

“Good fences make good neighbors.” This famous line from Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall,” is often quoted as a reason for...

The City of Pecos, TX is an intriguing place. It started as a typical western railroad station in 1883. Due to the availability of...

The polarized nature of our society today seems to make every choice a test. Are you for or against…? Do you support or not support…? Do...

As I celebrated the arrival of the new year on December 31st, five men went from sleeping, to swimming, to dying in the Gulf of Alaska....

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. One reason is their all or nothing nature. They seem to be a set-up for failure. Being...

The holiday season is now in its full flurry of excess, and I can no longer avoid the unease it brings me. I often hear talk about the...

It’s summer as I write this post, which means I’m in the middle of lawn-mowing season. I remember begging my dad to let me mow the lawn...

This blog was born in my struggle to find a place where I fit into the existing dialogue on environmental issues. I hear passionate, and...