Spruce & Sagebrush

small stories from a large landscape

Essays & Poems

Short essays and poems born of the southern Rocky Mountains and deserts of the Colorado Plateau

I Used to Be

What do you do? The waiter asks.I tell him where I work, but that’s not the whole story.I am a […]

Artfully So

For Art Goodtimes’ 81st birthday “Great job! Slow down,”says the octogenarian whose schedule no younger person could keep.I see the […]

All the Open Spaces

Today the rain came like it finally heard me calling into the smoke dusty sky asking, begging for a break for […]

Habit of Days

It’s like Spring is trying to make a habit of sunny days, stringing them together to touch summer.Even the geese are […]

The Right Fight

There is a time-stopping ethereal beauty to some January days in the mountains. You wake to peaks covered in untracked […]

Out of a World

Out of a world perfect for peoplea dream incarnate,with clear running streams forever forests, fertile fields,and fresh, fresh water, We made […]

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