Andrea’s Writing

Visit the blog Between Urban and Wild
 for Andrea’s updates about rural life in central Colorado.

You’ll also find information about Andrea’s book of the same name. Between Urban and Wild: Reflections from Colorado is a collection of essays exploring aspects of life at the urban-wild interface.

BUW cover art“Jones is the rare writer about nature and the land who loves deeply but is not blinded by her affection. In this slim volume of essays, she looks at life in general and life in the rural west in particular with a truly reflective eye, an appreciation for irony, and a wry sense of humor.
— Susan J. Tweit

…Andrea Jones offers humble and probing answers to the question of whether it’s too late for Westerners to find an integral way of being with the land, and not just on the land. Her book offers hope.
— Page Lambert

Wasting no energy on blame, anger, or excuses, [Jones] examines ways to live more responsibly, demonstrating how we must thoughtfully adjust to our surroundings rather than changing the landscape to fit our whims.
— Linda M. Hasselstrom

Reflecting on the familiar details of country living as well as the larger responsibilities of life outside the urban boundary, the book offers a calm, carefully reasoned perspective on place. Operating partly on a practical level, partly on a naturalist’s level, Between Urban and Wild honors the subtleties of the natural world while illuminating the importance of working to safeguard it.

Andrea M. Jones writes about life at the urban-wild interface from two different homes in the Colorado Rockies, first in Fourmile Canyon west of Boulder, then near Cap Rock Ridge in central Colorado. Whether negotiating territory with a mountain lion, working to reduce her property’s vulnerability to wildfire, or decoding the distinct personalities of her horses, she offers useful and engaging perspectives on natural beauty, and the nature of home.

Order Between Urban and Wild from your favorite independent bookseller, directly from the University of Iowa Press, or online.

2013 Reading the West Shortlist
— Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

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