The Role of Nostalgia in Art
Tricky thing, nostalgia. In life in general, but in art specifically. It can be both positive and negative, empowering and limiting. It can connect us to beloved traditions, subjects, genres...
The Ranchlands Review
- All
- Art
- Beefmaster
- Beginnings
- Birding
- Bison
- Books
- Branding
- Chico Basin Ranch
- chico reflections
- Conservation
- Conversations
- Day in the Life
- Dormant
- Expertise
- Field Notes
- Food
- FP Ranch
- Home
- Horses
- In Conversation
- Land Management
- Land Stewardship
- Made by Hand
- makers
- Mercantile
- Migration
- MP Ranch
- Music
- Natural History
- Paintrock Canyon Ranch
- Passage
- People of Ranchlands
- Place
- Playlist
- Poetry
- Ranching
- Recipe
- Scale
- Symbiosis
- The Saddlehouse
- Time
- Transition
- Travel
- Video
- wildlife
- Women
- Women in Ranching
- Zapata Ranch
In Pursuit of Radical Joy
Time stopped, we say, in moments of great joy or sorrow, but don’t we really mean that a moment of time imprinted itself on us, left its mark on us...
Zapata's Orchestra
In southern Colorado, there are two canyons in the Sangre De Cristo mountains where the wind pushes sand beneath them in such an intense and persistent manner that great dunes...
Q&A with Meljo Made Embroidery
Melanie Jorden of Meljo Made Embroidery, one of the handmade makers featured in our shop, on meditative stitching, sourcing quality materials, and finding creative inspiration from our ranches. How did...
Finding Rhythm Between Life Forms
One of a foal’s earliest, foundational moments is learning the pleasure, comfort, and safety that comes from being in time and and in step with another being — his mother....
The Role of Scales on Reptiles and Fish
In ancestral animals, such as fishes and reptiles, a robust and pervasive form of integument–scales–arose and has a variety of functions, including protection and locomotory assistance.
Driving All Day
A playlist celebrating the hard job of trucking (to help you through those long drives that just don’t seem to end.)
Juxtaposition of Human and Landscape in the Art of Glenn Dean
On finding inspiration from the past, what the sea and the West have in common, and portraying the connection between people and land.
Fall Senescence
We are now on the cusp of one of the great transitions to occur each year on the shortgrass prairie: the shift from the growing season to the dormant season,...
Upwards and Downwards Lope Transitions
A few tips to help your horse move in a more balanced, collected way and you transition to and from the lope.
Teddy Roosevelt's Strenuous Life Doctrine
Theodore Roosevelt had every reason to take it easy. To coast. But rather than drifting through a life of “ignoble ease,” TR did just the opposite. He worked maniacally hard,...
The Elusive Swift Fox: The Mystery of the Long Tailings
If you are ever lucky enough to spot a swift fox, don’t blink, as they will quickly vanish into the vast expanse of the prairie.
Chico Chicharras
Hear an electric buzzing alien shriek on the summer prairie? That’s the mating call of a Colorado cicada, the cactus dodger.
Prairie in Bloom
From copper mallow and cutleaf evening primrose to moss campion and Western spiderwort, this summer’s prairie was awash in a kaleidoscope of blooms thanks to ample rains.
Physical Labor in the Life and Art of GL Richardson
How an internship at the MP Ranch helped an advertising art director transition to a full time career as an artist.
What Edie Ure Learns from Plants
In pursuit of color. How a high fashion career in London became the catalyst for foraging wild plants in Colorado.
Healthy Earth 80 Years in the Making
António Garcia has been farming successfully for over seven decades. His guiding principle? Topsoil. Meet one of the local farmers whose produce supplies the Zapata Ranch kitchen.
Five Homesteading Tips from a Holistic Management Expert
Don’t start until you finish, don’t be afraid to ask, and other advice on starting a small-scale growing operation from consultant and educator Kirk Gadzia.
The Wisdom of Cows
Cattle trails are not necessarily aimless ruminant wanderings, but rather the materialization of purpose and intentionality.
