Stone Wishes: On the Colorado Plateau
Stone Wishes: On the Colorado Plateau is a compilation
that celebrates the beauty and mystery of the Colorado Plateau. The photographer, Michael Salamacha, and I met while we were backpacking in Paria Canyon and we later worked together as rangers. His stunning photos capture the light and shadows of every season on the Plateau. The images are a powerful complement to the poetry. Each poem in Stone Wishes is deeply rooted in place, with a spirit all its own. We offer this book to you as a gift from our time spent wandering throughout the Colorado Plateau.
Special thanks to Jodie and Kaitlea at Legacy Book Press for creating such a beautiful book and for helping us get it into the great Out There. Enjoy!
Currently available from Amazon in digital or paper form.
A limited number of copies, with fine paper for the photographs, are available directly from the author. Please email an inquiry.
Feedback from readers is appreciated, either on Amazon or by email: heidibugart.info@gmail.com
Memorizing Shadows
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The Process
This little book began as a thank you gift for those who helped me and cheered me along when I thru-hiked the Arizona Trail. The poems were written while hiking, and the paper cut artwork was derived from my photos. Thirty-seven copies were made and distributed, along with an original piece of artwork. Friends asked for more copies, so I sent it out into the Universe. It came back from Shanti Arts Publishing in a lovely new form, for anyone to enjoy.
To order a copy, visit Shanti Arts Publishing.
You may also find a copy at a bookstore or a park near you:
Antigone Books, Back of Beyond Books, Bright Side Bookshop,
Maria's Bookshop, Oracle State Park, The Book Shop,
The Printed Garden, Willow Canyon, Summit Hut.
For information about the 800 mile Arizona Trail,
visit the Arizona Trail Association.
"These poems are gems: simple, yet very powerful. The animate souls of the desert’s countless creatures and features speak here in sparse, crystalline verse. The poems are evocative of both the land and human relationship. The narrative thread that links them, sometimes whimsical, sometimes humorous provides the personal touch.
Few words, short lines, short strokes, yet as packed as can be with all the magic of a deeply felt experience of the natural world. Heidi Elizabeth Blankenship is the Emily Dickinson of the Desert."
— Gary Cox, Archeological Technician, Maze District - Canyonlands National Park
"From the day Memorizing Shadows arrived in the mail I have been raving about it to all of my friends.
Anyone preparing to hike the Arizona Trail needs to have this book. The poems and artwork are a treasure."
— Steve Goobic, Life-long Hiker
A review by Disco appears on podcast #66 of The Trail Show at the 1:44:10 segment: www.thetrailshow.com
"I came across Heidi's book at one of those neighborhood book boxes. I was going to read it slowly, savoring it and its images by only reading a poem a day - but ended up devouring it in one evening. I couldn't put it down!
So much of it sang to my hiker's heart."
— Dante Jericho, author of Sacred Changes, Sacred Choices: Meditations from the I Ching
The Process
This little book began as a thank you gift for those who helped me and cheered me along when I thru-hiked the Arizona Trail. The poems were written while hiking, and the paper cut artwork was derived from my photos. Thirty-seven copies were made and distributed, along with an original piece of artwork. Friends asked for more copies, so I sent it out into the Universe. It came back from Shanti Arts Publishing in a lovely new form, for anyone to enjoy.
To order a copy, visit Shanti Arts Publishing.
You may also find a copy at a bookstore or a park near you:
Antigone Books, Back of Beyond Books, Bright Side Bookshop,
Maria's Bookshop, Oracle State Park, The Book Shop,
The Printed Garden, Willow Canyon, Summit Hut.
For information about the 800 mile Arizona Trail,
visit the Arizona Trail Association.
"These poems are gems: simple, yet very powerful. The animate souls of the desert’s countless creatures and features speak here in sparse, crystalline verse. The poems are evocative of both the land and human relationship. The narrative thread that links them, sometimes whimsical, sometimes humorous provides the personal touch.
Few words, short lines, short strokes, yet as packed as can be with all the magic of a deeply felt experience of the natural world. Heidi Elizabeth Blankenship is the Emily Dickinson of the Desert."
— Gary Cox, Archeological Technician, Maze District - Canyonlands National Park
"From the day Memorizing Shadows arrived in the mail I have been raving about it to all of my friends.
Anyone preparing to hike the Arizona Trail needs to have this book. The poems and artwork are a treasure."
— Steve Goobic, Life-long Hiker
A review by Disco appears on podcast #66 of The Trail Show at the 1:44:10 segment: www.thetrailshow.com
"I came across Heidi's book at one of those neighborhood book boxes. I was going to read it slowly, savoring it and its images by only reading a poem a day - but ended up devouring it in one evening. I couldn't put it down!
So much of it sang to my hiker's heart."
— Dante Jericho, author of Sacred Changes, Sacred Choices: Meditations from the I Ching