Heather Mateus Sappenfield's Blog: TREAD & EDGE

Here in the Vail Valley, we���re in the final weekend of fall splendor before we slouch through Halloween toward the days when snow shawls our landscape. This autumn has brought another harrowing flurry of pulmonary emboli...

Do you ever indulge in adventurous daydreams? A big or fantastic idea your imagination rambles through, peering into its highs and lows, peeking into its challenges and rewards? And then, when you���ve had your fill, does ...

A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I hiked up behind Lake Granby to Cascade Falls. The trail started along Monarch Lake, which was gorgeous, then followed the aptly named Cascade Creek. Halfway up we came upon a beaut...

Health is so dynamic that it should be a verb and not a noun." ���Emma Roca

Eco-Challenge Fiji gleefully called itself the ���World���s Toughest Race.��� Last September, 66 four-person teams from 30 countries endured its multi-day round-the-clock struggle-fest that required outrigger paddling, mountai...

My new book, Lyrics for Rock Stars: Stories, is filled with Colorado and regional history. We are creatures woven into legacies���familial, cultural, environmental���and, whether we realize it or not, acknowledge it or not, ...

My new book, Lyrics for Rock Stars: Stories, is filled with Colorado and regional history. We are creatures woven into legacies--familial, cultural, environmental--and, whether we realize it or not, acknowledge it or not, ...

I'm excited on this Fourth of July weekend to share not only the cover of my adult story collection, published as winner of the V Press LC Book Compilation Prize, but also why it poignantly represents freedom and my own ...

I'm excited on this Fourth of July weekend to share not only the cover of my adult story collection, published as winner of the V Press LC Book Compilation Prize, but also why it poignantly represents freedom and my own ...

The molars on the right side of my mouth started pounding in mid-October. They were sensitive to everything���hot, cold, chewing, taking a downward stair. It was the sort of pain that shouts dollar signs.