field notes Archives - Carrie Naughton

Back in 2001, I left Jackson, Wyoming and a really sweet library job to get a…

Last summer I posted about the wildflowers on Josie’s Ridge, specifically clematis. This summer’s rock star is the…

Continued from my last post, Grassy Lake Road, Part 1 Where was I? Oh yes.…

There’s a 40-mile dirt road running from Idaho to Wyoming (or…Wyoming to Idaho) between Yellowstone and…

I dig fossils. I mean, not literally. I have never been on a fossil dig;…

I know Spring is here, because April and my list of poetry month projects loom…

I recently received my 75th rejection letter for the poems I’ve submitted to various print…

Let’s be thankful for the carrion eaters today. The scavengers, the garbage pickers, the gleaners.…

I was in Yosemite the week of September 22nd, which happened to be the 11th…

Banana Slugs are so-named because they look like overripe bananas – bright yellow with…