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Andrea M. Jones, born and raised in Colorado, now lives on a grassy ridge in the center of the state. At 8900 feet in elevation, this lovely place invites reflection and is the inspiration for Between Urban and Wild: Reflections from Colorado, a collection of essays on natural history and land use issues. Andrea's work has appeared in Orion Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and High Country News, and has been anthologized in Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-Based Writing (University of Utah Press, 2011), and in Ankle High and Knee Deep: Women Reflect on Western Rural Life (TwoDot, June 2014). In addition to writing literary nonfiction, Andrea hikes, rides horses, and gardens during the short growing season ...more

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For Mom

Amonda Marie Jones, 1940-2025

Amonda Miller in 1958. A few months later she became Mrs. Jones.

On November 3, 2000, my mother closed on the sale of her townhouse in Loveland, Colorado.

“I’ve always wanted to live in a big city, New York or San Francisco,” she had told me, announcing her plan to move. “If I don’t do it now, I never will.”

The date of the real estate closing coincided with her sixt

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Between Urban and Wild: Reflections from Colorado (Bur Oak Book)

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