No water in the diversion ditch at Cache Creek June 26th, 2015

                                                         Cache Creek 6-26-2015 It has been a long dry spell for me and the blog. Too muc...

Celebrating Jurassic World with Dinosaur Raps with Jimmy Fallon

The Crystal Peak Gem Company

Steven Wade Veatch and Andy Weinzapfel Just north of the small town of Florissant, Colorado is a prominent topographic feature shaped like a...

Uptop: A Winter Poem

By Steven Wade Veatch The winter snow blankets the town of Uptop. A wind blows hard, swirling angry flakes of snow. Light from coal-oil lamp...

The Pulver Gulch Prospect: A Hidden Reserve of Metamorphic Minerals

As U.S. Highway 24 approaches Wilkerson Pass, Colorado, the 1.7 billion-year-old metamorphic rocks of the Puma Hills replace the younger Pik...

Ghost Ranch Dinosaurs: Deadly Cannibals of the Late Triassic

Coelophysis, was a dinosaur that walked on two feet, was generally 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3 meters) long, and was among the best known of all...

WMA - Colorado Chapter Showcase/Jam at Florrisant Grange

Come listen to the story of Ed Watkins and Ernest Christison in song and storytelling! John, Kate and I will be performing at the Florissant...