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A short time after Lucie was born last September, Ted called me from work and said, “Here are the dates for a four day weekend in February, I want you to have fun finding somewhere to go, just the three of us.” Let me tell you, if there...

Hiya guys, we have MLR Press and six of their brilliant authors stopping by today with the great series Storming Love: Earthquake. We have great excerpts, a fantastic giveaway and Cat’s reviews for a couple of the stories. So enjoy the post and click...

There were 10,000 lookouts, scanning the wilderness for signs of smoke. Now just a few hundred remain, and they pass the time hiking, writing and knitting For Levi Brinegar, alone atop his mountain, a storm can feel like the end of the world. Clouds...

Photo taken by Ethan Furniss. Every summer we pack our down jackets, cameras and mountain bikes and head off to stay for a long weekend at one of the many historic fire lookouts available for rent all across the US. These restored lookouts, with their...

From top to bottom: Sierra Buttes Lookout on the Pacific Crest Trail in California; Watchman Lookout Station at Crater Lake, Oregon; a view from the Sierra Buttes Lookout; Huckleberry Lookout in Glacier National Park, Montana; Dickson Lookout in Lagunitas...