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In Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo, young entrants learn that champions are rewarded with decorative belt buckles.

In the early days of rodeo, many contestants were former boxers.

If a boxer could win a belt, why not award a…

Find a coconut, find hope.

That’s how Joseph and Kento respond to stockpiled coconuts, all while worrying about food and freedom.

Modern cooks might deal with the coconut differently, turning their kitchens into workshops.

Joseph and Kento find their island of Saipan becoming a World War II battleground in Warriors in the Crossfire.

As they hide on the beach, a ghost crab is one of the first surprises they encounter.

The ghost crab stays…

Sophie’s grandfather’s World War I death was marked with a small headstone of Italian marble “from our homeland,” said her Nonna.

The famous marble has a history dating back centuries.

In No-Name Baby, Nonna and Aunt Rae treat a bottle of olive oil like a magic potion.

The family baptized their new baby with the prized oil sent by a relative in Italy.

These days, people still use…

Climate change.

Climate disruption.

Coastal erosion.

What does it all mean? To the people of Shishmaref, Alaska, it means EVERYTHING.

[water-runs]

“From one grain of sand, I became a mountain.”

Those words are part of my tribute to sandstone in Sand to Stone and Back Again.

Beginning in the late 1800s, New York City began forming the same way a mountain…

Between the borders of Arizona and Utah, two wind-carved sculptures look like giant, matching mittens.

The pair provided inspiration for Sand to Stone and Back Again.

In fact, these buttes have been movie stars!