James Porter pictured in a doorway at Terra Farm and Manor. By Jill Richards
Terra Farm and Manor
As we drive past a metal gate and make our way up a rugged dirt road, acclaimed chef James Porter (pictured) can hardly contain himself — he’s anxious to share his special place in Central Arizona.…
The research station is a small white building nestled between ponderosa pines. By John Burcham
Fort Valley Experimental Forest
Pull into the Fort Valley Experimental Forest, near Flagstaff, and you might think you’ve arrived at a sleepaway camp, not a historic facility for forestry research. A rustic compound of wood-frame…
Exterior of a building at Taliesin Institute, constructed with local desert rocks. Photograph by Andrew Pielage.
Taliesin Institute
Under a cloudless morning sky, 10 architecture students from Washington State University and their professor roll out yoga mats on the lawn of a secluded courtyard at Taliesin West (pictured), Frank…
Melody Frazer in community kitchen with cooking ingredients. Photograph by John Burcham.
NoCo Community Kitchen
After losing everything they owned in the 2020 Creek Fire in Central California, Melody Frazer (pictured) and her husband traveled all over the West, looking for a place to land. “We took a whole…
Giant ant shadow behind woman with petrie dish and forceps by Steven Meckler
The Social Nature of Ants
Sages through the ages have lauded ants as exemplars of industriousness, persistence and the virtues of collective effort. “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise,” counsels…
Photograph by Jeff Maltzman
Texas Canyon Nature Preserve
Zipping past Texas Canyon, an hour southeast of Tucson, it’s impossible not to notice the boulders — giant, eye-catching piles of granite, like something out of The Flintstones. But other than…
Photograph by John Burcham
Arthur Holmes Jr.
Hopi carver Arthur Holmes Jr. creates his acclaimed contemporary kachinas behind his Tuba City home, in a large shed heated by a Vogelzang wood stove in winter. The unfinished shelves and worktable…
Photograph by Paul Markow
Stairizona
Deep into the pandemic, Globe resident Thea Wilshire, a psychologist and local activist, was sick of the isolation, lack of activity and absence of community. At about 2 a.m., she woke up with a “…