Corporate Friends News
New Products and Fun Facts No one can say that RMOWP’s corporate friends haven’t been busy. Buddy Beds, a Denver-based company that has sent its luxurious memory foam dog beds and other dog-related...
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Scholarship Winner Announced
This year’s $2,000 scholarship winner is Heather Androwick of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Scholarship Chair Clare Gutierrez tells us that Heather has started her senior year, working toward her...
View Article2017 Scott-McKenna Scholarship Winner
This year’s $2,000 scholarship winner is Heather Androwick of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Heather has started her senior year, working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major concentration in...
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Scholarship Winner Sends Photos
Cobweb © Heather Androwick RMOWP’s 2017 scholarship winner, Heather Androwick of West Chester, Pennsylvania, is having a busy year at college, and has shared some of her favorite photos from one of her...
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Unexpected Danger on the Lulu City Trail
By Cecilia Travis Avalanche! Even reading about avalanches spooks me. Now that my bone doctor has advised me not to downhill ski anymore, I get pretty desperate for winter-in-the-forest experiences,...
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Bill Fields Announces New Book
Four Directions, A Southwest Journey by William Fields Bill Fields, RMOWP member from Hermann, Missouri, is preparing to release a new book, The Four Directions, A Southwestern Journey, containing his...
View ArticleThe Making of a Grammar Ninja
by Virginia Parker Staat A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down. Writers do...
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The Act of Creativity
by Kent Taylor “I was trying to think out loud about the concentration essential for all artists, and in the very little child I found the perfect example. The concentration of a small child at play is...
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November – December 2017
Long-eared Myotis Bat (Myotis velifer) © Frank Zurey The final issue for 2017 is here. With great articles, news about a member’s upcoming book (see page 3), what our scholarship winner has been up to...
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Fields, William
Shannon, the face of the desert… © William Fields Bill Fields is a freelance photographer from Hermann, Missouri. In addition to photo workshops and field trips, he has published one book, Herman...
View ArticleThe Greatest Gift
By Virginia Parker Staat “I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.” ~Donna Tartt It was a gem of a find. It had rained for...
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Conference 2018 Planning Continues
Now that it is officially 2018, we’re getting serious about this year’s RMOWP conference.The 2018 conference takes place in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve area, with headquarters in...
View ArticleNew Gunsmithing Series
Montana member Fred Zeglin announces the first two publications in a new series of technical manuals for gunsmithing. As a gunsmithing instructor, Zeglin realized there is a dearth of good teaching...
View ArticleA Life Lesson
Article & photos by Jack Olson Sometimes a life can change under the simplest circumstances. No heroics. No national attention. I still wonder how the lives of some troubled boys might have been...
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Running to Freedom
Article & photos by Laurie Ford “What’s next?” President Trump asks, referring to the destruction of historical monuments, and the history of our country being “ripped apart”, during a speech to...
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January – February 2018
Meal time (Sandwash Basin, CO) © Laurie Ford Hot off the presses! The first issue of Rocky Mountain Outdoors for 2018. You’ll find updates on the conference and contest, some wonderful and informative...
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Here’s the latest Rocky Mountain Outdoors with new information about our upcoming conference in Alamosa, Colorado and Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. We’ve added an exciting opportunity...
View ArticleWhat Not to Do
As reported by a very serious Kenita Gibbons — My friend and I were returning home on the Chicago-to-Denver Amtrak route. The train made a stop for cigarette smokers, who absolutely can’t smoke...
View ArticleJoin Us for a Wild Horse Photography Tour
By Don Laine & Virginia Parker Staat Photos © Judy Barnes — If you love wild horses, be sure to sign up for a unique opportunity to photograph free-roaming mustangs. Pre-conference motor tours are...
View ArticleBreaking News – Conference Almost Set!
By Don Laine — RMOWP’s 2018 conference takes place in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve area, with headquarters in Alamosa, Colorado. Dates are September 23-26, (that’s Sunday afternoon...
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