From Ranching To Writing with Pam Houston

MP3 Download Here Houston takes us through the life journey that led her to buy a piece of ranch land in the southwest corner of Colorado. She knew nothing about ranching but with the help of many people and animals her wandering life became tethered to the land. She describes the pivotal moment in her life when she had a book advance of $21,000.00 in the bank and her mother had just died. She describes that moment: “That was a whirlwind year, the death of my mother, the success of my first book. I didn’t know if I was coming or going and people say things that change your life. My agent said ‘Don’t spend it all on hiking boots.’ Terry Tempest Williams said ‘You are not tethered anymore to the earth.’ I think my actions were in response to those statements which clearly had truth for me or I wouldn’t have acted on them.” Houston goes on to describe living on the land that includes extreme weather including blizzards, wildfires, and floods. It is a place where people depend on one anoth