Category Archives: travel

Packing for the Trip

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Andrea Jones

First things first: I am not a poet. As I mentioned in my last post, my writerly sensibilities are suited to essays, and that’s where I’ve long staked my claim. If I were to pursue poetry again, I suspect the … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Frame

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Andrea Jones

In mid-October, I hit the road for Santa Fe, where I attended the Women Writing the West conference. After a socializing, talking shop, and attending sessions on craft and the business of writing with colleagues for a few days, my … Continue reading →

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Seeing Voices

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Andrea Jones

Back in early June, I packed my too-heavy suitcase (too many books, too much paperwork) and left the horses and the garden and the weeds and the house in care of my husband. I was off to Vermont, to the … Continue reading →

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Between Urban and…Urban

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Andrea Jones

Even though we live in the sort of place most people escape TO, my hubby and I feel the impulse for a break now and then. Sometimes the change of place from this semi-arid ridge in central Colorado’s mountains is … Continue reading →

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A Rainbow in the West

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Andrea Jones

When a delicate early-morning rainbow appeared late last week, I hustled to find the camera and take a picture. “We almost never see rainbows in the morning,” I was thinking to myself. And it’s true. Most of the time, rainbows … Continue reading →

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Homebody on the Road

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Andrea Jones

I don’t get out much. This is intentional and by nature. I enjoy the vast good fortune of a life that revolves around a home place in a beautiful natural setting. I work from home, and my husband and I … Continue reading →

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