I was reading about how there are now anthologies of “How I Came to/Lived in/Left New York” essays (indicative of our generation?) when I thought about why I moved to Wyoming, and what writing about it would look like. One of my friends jokingly referred to Matt and me as “pioneers” before the big move. …
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Fall in Cowboy Country
The other night I went to local bar to play bingo. This was legitimate bingo, where they hand out those square cards printed in blue ink along with what appeared to be a really thick marker for decorating your card - er, I mean, playing bingo. Afterwards I played a few rounds of pool with …
Hearty Spanish Chicken Soup for Cold Weather
Who wants sooouuuppp???? Everyone loves soup, especially when there are a good five inches of crusty snow on the ground outside. Matt and I just bought season passes to a local ski area in the Snowy Range (yes, that's really what the mountains are called). I've never been skiing or snowboarding before! Even typing out the word …
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Laramie Scenes
Notes from Laramie: Nobody actually likes that winter lasts so long here Overhearing a discussion on well water - where it tastes best, where it dries up The metaphorical use of the term "bearcat" to describe a flummoxing process, e.g., "Getting my car registered today was a real bearcat" Two severed male elk heads sitting …
Notarized, a Poem
An original poem for you all. I've been writing very short poems recently; this was my attempt at a longer one. Notarized Yesterday I processed paperwork for a dead woman. She’d lived in Wyoming all her 67 years according to the affidavit of domicile. 67 years all in one place – in Wyoming, no less …
First Snow – Yes, Already
This Thursday night it began snowing. I believe the Weather Channel had named this winter storm (emphasis on winter) Atlas. Matt, a few friends of ours, and I were drinking beers and Moscow mules at a bar situated such that the front windows look directly out onto the railroad. You have to stop talking when …
Welcome!
Welcome to my new home in Laramie, the it's-still-comfortable-outside edition! I thought it might be nice to share a little about the town of Laramie with you all, so you can get a better sense of what I'm up to these days. (Don't fret - the latter half of this post is exclusively about CLIMBING!) …
Protected: Inaugural Post, Full of Vacillations
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Katherine Indermaur 