Ehrlich, Gretel, “To Live in Two Worlds: Crow Fair and Sun Dance”, “The Solace of Open Spaces” (Viking 1985)

Implicated as we westerners are in this sperm, blood, and guts business of ranching, and propelled forward by steady gusts …

Ehrlich, Gretel, “On Water”, “The Solace of Open Spaces” (Viking 1985)

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid …

Ehrlich, Gretel, “On Water”, “The Solace of Open Spaces” (Viking 1985)

There is nothing in nature that can’t be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration. Cascading water equates …