I am putting together a river trip down the Grand Canyon for late summer 2014 or spring 2015. It is open to women artists and naturalists – both defined widely. Grand Canyon – August, 2012, photo by Michael Miles Basically I am looking for women who reach deep into their… Read More
Phantom Ranch Away from noise and rush and rules and cynicism and depression and leaf blowers and car alarms and parking tickets and people who worry about their hair turning gray. I need to get in my car. Drive 17 hours southeast. Sleep under stars. Wake and take pictures and… Read More
Even while napping, Kaitlin was smiling. Picture from Wild Rockies Field Institute Outside Magazine, the “Live Bravely” publication, has just uploaded an article about Kaitlin Kenney entitled Lost in the Grand Canyon. Which proves one thing to me: Kaitlin is still alive in the hearts of thousands of people who have… Read More
“It’s a steep learning curve out here in the Grand Canyon. The elements are fast teachers that can be very unforgiving.” Kaitlin Kenney, Day 8-River Journal Newspapers reported this week that the body retrieved recently from the Colorado River was Kaitlin Kenney. She was found by rafters 30 miles downstream… Read More
This morning I told the world a secret. It has been something I have been carrying inside of me for 16 years, and has only come out now because of my month in the canyon. While there I wrote about many things: the weather, the beauty, the geology, the people,… Read More
I left the Grand Canyon before sunrise. I had said my goodbyes the evening before. It was time to move on. Saying goodbye So I got in my car and crept out from the park. An hour later, I was nearing Williams Arizona—home of the Grand Canyon Railway. Everyday of… Read More