A quiet test at first light If you want to know whether a book belongs in young hands, try this: set it next to a small morning fire, open it to a page that carries real weather, and listen. Some stories grow louder when the room is empty. Others keep a modest voice and still …
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The shorelines that still breathe At first light the basin keeps its secrets lightly. Like a hundred others, a story lies at my feet asking to be read. Different chapters, yet the story and the language which carries it are the same. Parallel lines mark mountain slopes near and far. Those reveal shorelines long abandoned …
Category: Blog Tags: Bear River, Bonneville Flood, closed basin, Great Basin, Great Salt Lake, Ice Age, laquestrine sedimentation, Packrat midden, Pleistocene, pluvial lake, Red Rock Pass, Sevier Lake, Utah Lake, Woodrat
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Who Should Read the Untimely Journey Trilogy? A Guide for Parents and Educators
Posted: May 12, 2026 by Stan Kitchen
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A quiet test at first light If you want to know whether a book belongs in young hands, try this: set it next to a small morning fire, open it to a page that carries real weather, and listen. Some stories grow louder when the room is empty. Others keep a modest voice and still …
Category: Blog Tags: agency, book clubs, bristlecone pine, grammar, Ice Age, integrity, journal keeping, Packrat midden, pluvial lakes, routines, science and faith, scientific method, tender mercy, treelines, weather
A Look at Lake Bonneville: Utah’s Ancient Superlake
Posted: March 28, 2026 by Stan Kitchen
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The shorelines that still breathe At first light the basin keeps its secrets lightly. Like a hundred others, a story lies at my feet asking to be read. Different chapters, yet the story and the language which carries it are the same. Parallel lines mark mountain slopes near and far. Those reveal shorelines long abandoned …
Category: Blog Tags: Bear River, Bonneville Flood, closed basin, Great Basin, Great Salt Lake, Ice Age, laquestrine sedimentation, Packrat midden, Pleistocene, pluvial lake, Red Rock Pass, Sevier Lake, Utah Lake, Woodrat