Writer, geologist, environmental advocate, and author of Wilderness and the American Spirit, Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life, and A Woman's Guide to the Wild. Find me in the woods.https://bsky.app/profile/rubygonewild.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rubygonewild.bsky.social/post/3mjcmkm72v22xOn arsenic and the Old West, a Sunday dispatch from the high desert: https://open.substack.com/pub/rubygonewild/p/arsenic-and-the-old-west?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true12 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:brd46efkceqxzsnu2d4oo3rm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcmkm72v22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rubygonewild.bsky.social/post/3mcubbavr4s23From the Substack! Some essentail grounding for the new year and an essay on the consideration of time as affluence: https://rubygonewild.substack.com/p/the-affluence-of-time20 Jan 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:brd46efkceqxzsnu2d4oo3rm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcubbavr4s23https://bsky.app/profile/rubygonewild.bsky.social/post/3lljjlafljs2sMany thanks to @altajournal for supporting this piece! #truecrime #pnwlife #oregon "Soon, violence crept up from the edges..." Read more about how a charismatic cult leader and his flock took an Oregon county by storm: bit.ly/42lQH3J" https://bit.ly/42lQH3J"29 Mar 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:brd46efkceqxzsnu2d4oo3rm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljjlafljs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rubygonewild.bsky.social/post/3ld4o5vc7ws2jNothing like starting out on a new platform with a picture of a landfill. It's oddly beautiful under that cloudy blue sky. And important, if we want to survive ourselves. My next book is all about our questionalbe use of the subsurface; hang onto your hats, people, it's a wild ride.12 Dec 2024 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:brd46efkceqxzsnu2d4oo3rm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4o5vc7ws2j