by Steven Higgs | Apr 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
As I count the days to my three-quarter-century mark, the life circles grow ever larger. Since August, I wrote a book about one character from the dawn of my professional career in 1985; and I wrote a column about a hike with another. On Saturday, I will introduce...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
A hike with Teena Ligman through the pioneer history of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness for an upcoming Revisiting the Deam Limestone Post piece served as a gateway into my photo past, inspiring this Photo Archive of images from Terrill Ridge captured 10 years apart,...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Terrill Ridge Trail offers a perfect microcosm of the Deam Wilderness human history. Within the Hoosier National Forest’s four-mile, in-and-out trek lie examples of the landscape’s century-plus relations with humankind: a pioneer homesite and family...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
When we emerged in Mocagua from our hike to the Maikuchiga Monkey Sanctuary, our Casa Gregorio guide Stan told my daughters I looked like I was made of water. It had indeed been a hot, humid, and sweaty trek through the Colombian jungle to the rehabilitation and...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
While Yecla, Spain, is known for its Monastrell wine, it will always be the home of Monte Arabí to me, in addition to the town’s status as home to two of the three Colombian expatriate Martinez girls, of course. Looming some 3,500 feet above the Mediterranean...
