mountain musing

Walking alone: Conclusion

by Leota Harriman | Dec 2, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Frank Cipriani’s house was what’s called Santa Fe style, a cross between 21st century Beverly...

Next to Normal: an emotional wallop

by Leota Harriman | Aug 23, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Whomp! The audience gasps. Slam! the audience laughs. Smash! The audience is on the verge of...

Where the train no longer stops

by Leota Harriman | Jul 12, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

At noon the main street is so silent and empty that my wife and I walk down its center and chat...

Sampling the future on stage

by Leota Harriman | Jun 14, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Trying to stage a play in 10 minutes seems to me much like trying to pour a fifth of wine into a...

Exploring wonderland

by Leota Harriman | Jun 7, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

When I was driving across the red rock and canyon desert of central Utah last month, a stunning...

Wrong Twin, part 2

by Leota Harriman | May 17, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

It’s been a month now and my husband Julian’s twin brother Jules is still staying with us. My...

Wrong Twin, Part 1

by Leota Harriman | May 10, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Jules and Julian were born seven minutes apart and had the same mother and father, but they were...

Walking the Sandias

by Leota Harriman | Apr 29, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Any good hiking guide must answer two questions: why go and and how to go. All the rest—maps,...

Thoughts of a wood splitter

by Leota Harriman | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

On a recent morning I picked up the heavier, the more serious of my two axes, strode over to the...

When fools fall in love

by Leota Harriman | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

The three-word title tells you most of what you need to know about Sam Shepard’s brief, tightly...

When meteors fall

by Leota Harriman | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

All evidence suggests that America today is not a happy place, with every poll showing a strong...

Rural versus urban

by Leota Harriman | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Today, April 5, is the deadline for the governor to act on the unusually massive 310 bills the 2019 Legislature passed. Nearly all will become law since the governor’s veto pen is not getting much of a workout. However, in the...

The printer

by Leota Harriman | Mar 1, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Once upon a time a publisher—let’s call him Charlie—and an editor—let’s call him Wally—put out a...

The Writing Group

by Leota Harriman | Feb 22, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

“I’m new to this writing group, so please forgive me if I don’t do things correctly.” “Have you...

Using sex (or its absence) to end a war

by Leota Harriman | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Last year, singer Janelle Monáe told the magazine Marie Claire, “Until every man is fighting for...

Africa journey 4: Ethiopia—a country of stones

by Leota Harriman | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Ethiopia is a country of stones, ancient and modern. The Bale Mountains in the south and the...

Africa journey 5: Ethiopia, like no other place on Earth

by Leota Harriman | Feb 11, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

Though now a democratic republic, Ethiopia still has some of the earmarks of its centuries as an...

Africa journey 3: Madagascar—an island under threat

by Leota Harriman | Jan 25, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

It’s easy to feel that a journey on the island of Madagascar is a kind of time travel, in which...

Africa journey II: Madagascar—It’s a mad place

by Leota Harriman | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

When Madagascar Airline first started up, it called itself Air Mad—until it got sick of all the...

African Journey 1: The Africa Bug

by Leota Harriman | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion | 0 |

While taking off from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Ethiopia Airlines, I noticed a lot of water...

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