by Carolyn M. Crane | Sep 2, 2013 | Back Yard Days, Mining, photographs |
“Old photographs turn yellow, and times they come and go. But we can still do the boogie from the High Plains to Mexico. Some old angel from Amarillo must be helpin’ us to hold it on the road.” Terry Allen from “Flatland Boogie” One of my...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 6, 2012 | Back Yard Days, Community, Friends of Bloody Run Creek, Mining, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
When I covered the Wild and Scenic Film Festival last January, I wrote a piece called “Occupy Confluences”. It’s about creating new systems, the blue lines on the map, and what inspired me to be a more active steward of the two watersheds that...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Nov 6, 2011 | Abbey Country, Community, Essays, Farming, Mining, Polemics, Politics, Sustainability |
It has been a typical couple weeks on Facebook in the land of leftie politics. Whether I am visiting the group for Save The Scenic Santa Ritas down in Abbey Country, or reading a post from a local food activist here in Nevada City, or perusing the many leftie slogans...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 2, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Mining, Polemics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
by Carolyn Crane Pima County, Arizona Last Saturday, I found myself on the old Thurber Ranch outside Sonoita, Arizona, listening to a presentation about a proposed open pit copper mine. The site-coordinator, Dennis Fischer, gave an excellent presentation. He is truly...
