Miki Clements

Can one travel environmentally?

I try to be as environmentally conscious as I can. True, we do not have an electric car, but with the price of electricity in NH it would kill our budget. That is, if we even had a budget. We would love to go solar, but we live in the woods and I am quiteContinue reading “Can one travel environmentally?”

The magic that is YELLOWSTONE

As an avid reader of all things Teddy Roosevelt, Yellowstone has been a draw for many years. It wasn’t smooth sailing for the area to become the first National Park in the country. (1872) It is often hunters who are the most influential when it comes to the conservation of land and wildlife. Even inContinue reading “The magic that is YELLOWSTONE”

Guns, History and Roast Beef

When we started planning our trip West there was one stop Sarge insisted on. The stop that kept him going the whole time I was stopping at historical markers along the Oregon Trail. CODY, WY, and the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Sarge deals in antique firearms and oftenContinue reading “Guns, History and Roast Beef”

My first trip to Yellowstone

This is turning out to be a very hard post to complete. We are itching to get back. What a wonderful adventure and more await. As I work on this post my mind takes me back to the beauty and magic of the area. Should we ever win the lottery, a pied a terre inContinue reading “My first trip to Yellowstone”

WYOMING! AND….YELLOWSTONE!!!

I love old westerns. Oddly enough, not for the horses, watching cowboys snatch their mounts in the mouth and dig their spurs into them is exceedingly painful. I love westerns for the romance of the open range, the cowgirls who defy the stereotypical lady of the 19th century. My first love and I used toContinue reading “WYOMING! AND….YELLOWSTONE!!!”

We’re not in Kansas anymore.

Nebraska, Corn, flat, Corn, feed lots, guess to use up all the Corn. We left the beauty, romance and history of Alcove Springs behind and headed down the highway, aiming to stop at Ft. Kearney. Pronounced Karney, all this time I had been pronouncing it incorrectly. They say pronouncing something wrong is not bad, asContinue reading “We’re not in Kansas anymore.”

Nature, Poetry, and Ecopoetry

Originally posted on SeasonWords.com:
Mary Oliver once wrote “I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me, the door to the woods is the door to the temple.”(1) Mary Oliver is speaking about how she finds inspiration and a deep spiritual connection to the natural…

It pays to have an indulgent husband.

I have been working on a book about a young girl who travels the Oregon Trail with her father. Being a visual person, it was necessary for me to “see” the trail, not just read about it. Which I have done extensively. The conversation came up for our 20th-anniversary celebration. Let’s have a party. InviteContinue reading “It pays to have an indulgent husband.”

Good thing you weren’t a Rat!

Drought ridden NH and thirsty potted flowers require innovation. Hence, there are tubs of water around the barn and studio. Four digging dogs, two of whom are renowned for partipation in mikicc.org, require gardening in pots. The tubs, note blue one by cottage, gather what little moisture has fallen and, as a side benefit catchesContinue reading “Good thing you weren’t a Rat!”

To meet my younger self

In times of Covid isolation, we seem to turn to digging through old photos. Facebook is full of our pasts. Are we searching for a better time? In so digging, I came upon a theme book. For those of you who are old enough to have suffered them: Since I can remember, I have beenContinue reading “To meet my younger self”