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Our son “L” trails me over rocks and brush in the roadless wilderness of Alaska. He holds a camera in his hands, the extra one I carry on...

I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME WITH A CAMERA IN MY HANDS. Life happens in front of me, and those closest to me would say (with some amount of...

Hi Michelle, How could you do it?  How could you even consider doing it?  It is crazy.  Who in their right mind would leave Texas and...

Seems like Pastor (and I use the term loosely) Kevin Swanson is trying to step up to be the new Rev. Fred Phelps. He spoke out about the...

The following is excerpted from Chapter 19 / Teaching the Cat to Sit: Westboro protests in front of Sacred Heart of Jesus school. In an...

My book doesn’t have a whole lot to do with Alaska, so when I thought about what excerpt to post on Alaska magazine’s web site, I could...

Localized anxiety. The book is out and so am I. I’ve been asked how I feel about the whole process and haven’t had a cohesive...

One of the best things about publishing my book has been getting to email or chat with authors who have been some of my favorites: Piper...

The VP of our Alaska division sent this over to me this morning, and it made me giggle. As most of you know, I’ve landed the new gig as...

Rare Chance for “Southerners” to See the Northern Lights Tonight Just yesterday my dermatologist told she’d seen the Aurora Borealis in...

I had the opportunity to interview Barbara Hillary years ago, and we kept in touch for years afterward. This brief clip about her legacy...

Miraculous Accidents By Michelle Theall Van der Vorst in 2011 We’ve all heard about accident or injury leading to the end of an athlete’s...

I could never kill an animal, but I sure do enjoy eating them. This hypocrisy gnaws at me every time I criticize a hunter or slice...

By Michelle on April 13, 2010 | Michelle Theall “I will run over you.” Coach Jarvis Scott drives the Texas Tech track van behind our team...

As seen in Women’s Adventure magazine: By Michelle on September 29, 2010 | Book Reviews, Surfing I opened Susan Casey’s new book, The...

By Michelle on September 3, 2010 | Fall 2010, Michelle Theall Where should we draw the line for children setting world records? In remote...

Underestimating the Winter Warlock: How I Conquered an Icelandic Glacier Final push up H16 I’m a forty-three year old woman and I’m...

Part two of Teaching the Cat to Sit (the memoir I’m writing) begins with the statement, “Make no mistake. God is in the people, but the...

It’s no coincidence that the US Women’s Ski Jumping team started petitioning the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the right to...

Leave it to a place like Devil’s Thumb Ranch to lull you into the peaceful trance that says “yes” to everything. With over 6,000 acres of...