News – Tim Bascom, Author

So Far Away

From down here they seem so far away–those two-hundred souls vacuum-sealed into an aluminum fuselage and shot across the sky. And maybe they are up there thinking the same about me and the few microscopic hikers whose bright shirts can be spotted on this tiny trail in the vast expanse of Arches National Park. Continue reading “So Far Away”

STAND?

Photo: Obama supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, celebrate his win in November 2008. Do you remember the photos of people weeping with joy on the night Barack Obama was elected? Were you feeling it yourself—the almost-impossible-to-believe euphoria of a change that had seemed out of reach? The sense of a fairy tale come true? GravityContinue reading “STAND?”

Of Green Stuff Woven

The creation? Or the cash?As flood waters rise around their historic cathedral and beloved prairie restoration, so do the stakes of the parish’s choice. Around the globe, small bands of eco-activists are working to save one reef, one rain forest, one river at a time. Of Green Stuff Woven depicts a group of native gardenersContinue reading “Of Green Stuff Woven”

Climbing Lessons – Synopsis

Climbing Lessons is an inter-linked collection of nonfiction stories about the unsung tenderness between fathers and sons. These playful, sometimes poignant tales span three generations, beginning in small-town Kansas with a kind but bumbling father who is a physician. His middle son, Tim, narrates as his accidentprone father shows the way. For instance, Tim describesContinue reading “Climbing Lessons – Synopsis”