Author Archives: Deonne Kahler

Writer, award-winning photographer, and mom to Sam the Wonder Pup. Splits her time between the Black Hills of South Dakota and Taos, New Mexico. On a mission to see every U.S. National Park. Unabashed fan of '80s power ballads and jigsaw puzzles.
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Devils Tower, Wyoming

It’s strange that though I was born in South Dakota and have traveled all over the Midwest, I’d never made it to Devils Tower in Wyoming, just across the border from Rapid City, SD.

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Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana

Or, a meditation on green.

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Rifting

To “form fissures, cracks, or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting.”

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Photos Tell Stories

The best photos tell a story. Beauty is important (and welcome!) but not required.

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Stepping Up

I’m the co-president elect for our branch of AAUW, and a few of us had a conference call yesterday to talk about programming for the upcoming year. We decided we need and want to program around issues of race, and I’m so proud of my colleagues.

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Endings and Beginnings

So much has changed since we last spoke. For me personally, I’m guessing for you personally, for the country, and for the world.

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Singing and Strumming

Well hello! Let’s jump right back in, shall we? I’ll be posting over the next few weeks, I swear, but to start us off here’s a video of me singing Patty Griffin’s beautiful song, “Mary.”

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Terror and Exaltation

You know you’re onto something good if you’re feeling both emotions at the same time, and here I am doing just that because I’ve reopened the door to my first love.

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Launching a New Photography Project

And thinking about the difference between photographer and artist.

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National Park Week Starts Saturday!

It’s here! National Park Week starts this weekend, giving you zero reasons to stay home instead of exploring what Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea.” 

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