Things to do with an exercise ball when you can't leave your apartment du to the spread of a global pandemic disease: (Author's note: Do not actually try most ...

Often have I stared with wonderment and delight at the giant exercise balls that pop up in school gyms and workout facilities and various other places. You ...

One of my grandfather's favorite snacks was Ritz crackers. I remember eating them with him when I was a little boy. He'd often add peanut butter, or a thin ...

If you've ever been on the market for an apartment or rental house, chances are you had certain amenities you were seeking above all others. A bathtub was ...

If you cook, odds are you've looked up recipes in some form -- online, in a cookbook, in your mother's box of recipe cards. Depending on your sources, you may ...

In 1967, the bald eagle was placed on the endangered species list. America's iconic species, once widespread, was dying out in the contiguous United States, a ...

If you aren't a birdwatcher, but you know people who are, you may be surprised that this time of year seems to be when your birdwatching acquaintances are most ...

I've been visiting my family here in Wyoming for the past few weeks. That's fortunate not only because I like to see them, but because this can be a lonely ...

On New Year's Day, I took a hike up to the Popo Agie Falls falls above Lander. I'd done it many times before,but never in the winter. It was both wonderful ...

It's tempting to be let down this time of year. For many of us, the holidays are over (or soon to be), and we have the long, cold months of January and ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and that means cookies. Be honest with yourself: You know you like a good Christmas cookie, even if you promise you ...

Driving back from Wyoming to Iowa a few weeks ago, I put on some holiday music. I used the online app Spotify to choose it for me. It can create lists of ...

q Often there isn't enough good stuff to supply a whole year. If you're doing any holiday shopping or gift-giving in the next few weeks, particularly for ...

It's a time of year when even the less pie-inclined among us often sit down to enjoy a slice or two. And that is the thing I am most thankful for. Pie at ...

Both for my own enjoyment and to block out the sound of neighbors around me, I have headphones for my television set. I live alone, so I know this might ...

q In this case, I'm talking about food. If you're a human being, which you probably are, then you need to eat, which you probably have at least a few times ...

q Thank goodness I had a blazer to throw on over it. For polish, it's hard to top a blazer. They're sleek, they add definition, and they often project an ...

On Sunday, our clocks will fall back by an hour, in the more palatable of the two shifts we make for Daylight Saving Time. Fortunately for all of our brains, ...

Let's talk about rice. No, not wild rice, or basmati rice, or brown rice versus white. The rice I want to discuss with you transcends these conversations. ...

It's sweater weather. OK, in Fremont County I understand it's been more like winter coat weather. That's a shame so early in the season, but it also means ...

This is a story about how I learned to stop worrying and hate the rain. In Wyoming, I think it's safe to say that we like it when it rains. For one thing, ...

Birds of all kinds are in shocking decline, and it's at its worst here in Wyoming. But there's a lot we can do to get back to a time when things were ...

Part of my return to teaching each fall is a wardrobe wrangling. And part of a wardrobe wrangling is deciding which sort of persona I want to affect for the ...

I try to begin each new year of teaching confidently. This year is my fifth as a college instructor, and my second as full faculty at the University of ...

I grew up in Wyoming, where corn is a significant crop, but I now live in a state known for its corn. Iowa has corn museums and corn mazes (or maises?) in ...

A question for your consideration: Which sort of business has the greatest variety of names, where the name is composed of a location or type of physical ...

The Midwest ends, and the West -- Wyoming country, the highest plains, mountains and dry air and sagebrush oceans -- begins at mile marker 120 on Interstate 80 ...