How our adopted pet taught me to love simply.
Nina McConigley
Nina McConigley is a writer and professor at Colorado State University. She is the author of Cowboys and East Indians. In her “Township and Range” column, she writes about the intersection of race and family in the interior rural West.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
I married a cookstove scientist
My reluctant journey to ditching our gas stove.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry
Slowing down the pace of childhood
How can you teach kids to appreciate slowness in a speeded-up world?
Posted inJuly 1, 2023: Waiting for Water
Horse girls: The wild and fearless
An author reflects on an encounter in Wyoming’s Red Desert and motherhood.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
Luck and life in pronghorn country
‘Since I was a little girl, on the first day of every month, the first words out of my mouth are rabbit rabbit.’
Posted inDecember 1, 2022: Beyond Illusion
Rooting a new life under a juniper tree
‘Trees know about belonging.’
Posted inJuly 1, 2022: Living with Rivers
Getting over not fitting in
Why I have a jackalope tattoo, and another of a covered wagon.