Reflections

Lakeside Evening

A late summer stillness settles in at Brainard Lake.

Aug 15, 2025 • Laura K

A Prairie Inventory

The midwestern summer air is heavy, humid, gelatinous.

Jul 20, 2025 • Laura K

The Cranes of the San Luis Valley

More than 800,000 sandhill cranes travel along multiple flyways across North America. Each spring and fall, the cranes gather to recharge at stopover…

Mar 29, 2025 • Laura K

Roadside Geology

It’s early Sunday morning, and I’m driving north along US Highway 287. It’s been raining almost every day for three weeks now, and the landscape’s…

Jun 11, 2023 • Laura K

Dawn. Cool air from the sparse alpine land above fills the valley. The sky glows dimly at first, then brightens to violet, powder blue, and pink.

Aug 31, 2022 • Laura K

Solar Eclipse Flashback

On August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the s…

Aug 22, 2022 • Laura K

Square Top Lake

The autumn colors are peaking in various places around Colorado, and I am eager to get out and enjoy the season before it’s over.

Sep 21, 2020 • Laura K

Golden Grasslands

The brown season is here: grasses are brittle, sun-parched, crisp as cornstalks.

Sep 13, 2020 • Laura K

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