All good Rants must come to an end and this marks the final missive from the Ranting Hill.
Rants from the Hill
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Rants from the Hill: A romance in Reno, land of the second chance
The Ranter remembers being struck down by love for Tonya Harding, the fallen ice skater.
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Rants from the Hill: Reno is a desert city with a river heart
The Ranter recalls playing an unexpected concert on the banks of the Truckee River.
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Rants from the Hill: A Christmas tree grows in the Nevada desert
The pinyon offers an alternative to artificial or commercially farmed trees.
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Rants from the Hill: As winter looms, a final foray to close out the season
My annual transect of our neighborhood mountain takes a turn for the perilous.
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Rants from the Hill: Fall brings a new bird to the neighborhood
A Northern Mockingbird stops by, its varied song a reminder of October’s restless nature.
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Rants from the Hill: The aliens that make Nevada home
Military history, conspiracy theories and the landscape itself make Nevada ground zero for the bizarre and otherworldly.
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Rants from the Hill: Don’t fence me in
Marking our territory with wildlife-friendly fences.
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Rants from the Hill: Watching the desert flood
When the ghost rivers rage in Nevada.
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Rants from the Hill: Such Sweet Sorrow
An Airy Meditation on Flatulence and Independence.
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Rants from the Hill: The adventures of Sir Rantsalot in the dead tree forest
On the virtues of cutting and burning wood.
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Rants from the Hill: Will the real fake John Muir please stand up?
Searching for authentic identity in Chautauqua season.
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Rants from the Hill: Scaling Lone Tree
Learning to see a one-tree forest in the Great Basin Desert.
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Rants from the Hill: Hedgehog comes to the High Desert
Welcoming a fifteen-million-year-old animal to the Ranting Hill
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Rants from the Hill: An Assay on Old Lang Syne Peak
Taking a right gude willie waught for the turning year.
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Rants from the Hill: Desert Insomnia
Living the not-so-quiet life in the rural West.
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Rants from the Hill: What’s Drier than David Sedaris?
The Ranter Defends Both Nevadans and Count Chocula.
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Rants from the Hill: How to Cuss in Western
When “Airin’ the Lungs” is registered at the swear jar.
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Rants from the Hill: The Bucket List
When making a to-do list is the most important thing on your to-do list.