The Important Places
When Forest Woodward was born in the summer of 1986, his father wrote him a poem about “the important places.” This short film by Woodward explores how, many years later,...
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River in the Sky
There is a river in the sky that washes up the center of the continent each spring and its current rushes and rolls with waves of wings.
Re-Membered
Against the backdrop of valley, mountains, and dunes, Amanda Knopf Rauhauser makes sense of her grandmother’s passing following a battle with dementia.
Light and Place in the Art of Bruce Munro
British artist Bruce Munro’s immersive, site-specific installations utilize light to create experiential art. Ranchlands spoke with Bruce about his journey to artistic recognition, the inspiration he draws from travel and...
Plenty of Places
Singer-songwriter Riddy Arman on how her sense of place weaves its way into the lyrics of her music.
Frozen World
Snow always makes me think of dead rabbits. The winter when I was going on nine, it finally snowed on our house by the highway. I loved the way it...
My Land, Your Land, Our Land
This place is a refuge for myself, my life with my wife and my children and the people I work with. It is my identity. It is where I feel...
Mr. Frying Pan
We all know that time breeds familiarity, and the time that I have spent on the truly unique Frying Pan Ranch has ingrained it in my head as more of...
Querencia
Everyone has a querencia, a place where you love what you do, how you feel, where everything makes sense and you’re at your best. The MP Ranch is mine.
What Zapata Means to Me
Some ranch days I might spend observing big bustling cattle brandings or the intimate happenstance of a wrangler working her project pony, sneaking in a quick and blissful bareback ride.
A Sense of Place
Early on a spring morning, well after the dawn chorus of birds has pronounced the day’s arrival, we gather under the cottonwoods to prepare for daily bird banding. The sun...
The Grassbank
I’m a former Sierra Club environmentalist who became a dues-paying member of the New Mexico Cattlegrowers’ Association. It was a surprise to me too.
Los Poblanos: A Family Farm
A highly diversified program that grows everything from lavender to roses and pumpkins to green beans, the farm itself is at the heart of a whole ecosystem of complementary businesses...
What a Rancher Knows
A rancher knowswhat it’s like to wake before dawn-day-lightbefore even the creaks in the failingwood floors speak…
Learning to be an Expert
A learning environment, though at times trying, especially in a professional setting where we are trying to be economical with time and money, should be a vibrant and healthy place...
Mastery
I never got to learn from my maternal great grandmother how too cook or how to harvest food from the wild, I never got to learn from my paternal great...
The Bluegrass Virtuosity of Dan Tyminski
The winner of 14 Grammys on building a respected career in music by saying yes.
Planting a Simple Dye Garden
Growing a dye plant not only gives you the source of color and a connection with the land, but natural dyes have some inherent advantages over chemical dyes, which have...
