Cottonwood Grove in the Fisher Pastures. Photo by: Richard. People, outside of academia, often ask me what Environmental History is and why I study it instead of, say, the Revolution, the Civil War, or World War II (the most commonly referenced histories). Most of the time, I am at a loss about how to respond to their questions. […]
Ruger .270. Photo by: Richard. Last Thursday, Dave, John, and I went shooting. We a great time and poked numerous holes in targets (60 down – range myself) on the 100-yard range. After shooting, John took us to Phở Ha for huge bowls of Vietnamese noodles and we followed that up at Dave’s house with a few beers while we […]
At any location on earth, as the rock record goes down into time and out into earlier geographies it touches upon tens of hundreds of stories, wherein the face of the earth often changed, changed utterly, and changed again, like the face of a crackling fire. The rock beside the road exposes one or two levels […]