Sites of Insight

by Lough, James; Smith, Christie

• ISBN13: 9780870817434
• ISBN10: 0870817434
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Summary

In these eighteen illuminating essays, some of Colorado's most accomplished novelists, essayists, and poets write in intimate detail about their most poignant experiences in the Colorado wilderness. Readers are given access -- both physically and spiritually -- to settings that inspire reverence for and contemplation about one's relationship to the land. From above tree line in the Rawah Mountains down into the broad San Luis Valley, from the Western Slope to the high plains in the east, the reader is taken on a vivid journey through a rich assortment of Colorado's awe-inspiring landscapes. The book belongs on the bookshelves of tourists, outdoor enthusiasts, and Coloradoans -- both long-time residents and newcomers -- who seek to apprehend something in nature that is larger than themselves.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Western Wind (Glacier Gorge)
REG SANER	1	(17)
Chatelaine (Leadville)
KRISTEN IVERSEN	18	(13)
Little Bethlehem (San Luis)
FRED BACA	31	(6)
Mists of the Huerfano
THOMAS J. NOEL	37	(7)
Walking in Yampa
KATE KRAUTKRAMER	44	(15)
Pawnee Buttes
MERRILL GILFILLAN	59	(4)
The Bear (Nederland)
JANE WODENING	63	(6)
Meditación en Dos Ojos: Garcia Lake at Cumbres Pass
REYES GARCIA	69	(18)
Gore Canyon
NICK SUTCLIFFE	87	(15)
Their Place, My Place (Ward)
ALEXANDER DRUMMOND	102	(12)
Pastoral Emergence (Mount Evans)
ALEXANDER BLACKBURN	114	(15)
Written on a Piece of Butcher Paper: El Rancho, Antonito
MARK IRWIN	129	(9)
Where Form Meets Flux: Soft Eyes and Boulder's Four Cardinal Directions
JAMES LOUGH	138	(20)
The Road Through San Luis
SANGEETA REDDY	158	(14)
Into the Rawahs
SUEELLEN CAMPBELL AND JOHN CALDERAZZO	172	(6)
Blanca Peak
CHRISTIE SMITH	178	(11)
Lumpy Ridge: Buson in the Rockies
AMY ENGLAND	189	(10)
Belmar Park: Where the Sidewalk Ends
ANITA HARKESS	199	(18)
About the Contributors	217	(6)
Index	223