Join us for a special hour with American author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams as she invites us to consider the interconnectedness of the natural world, and discusses what we gain from recognizing and engaging with all that's around us — including a heightened appreciation of the good in our world.

• Terry Tempest Williams, author of "The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary" (Grove Press)

• Terry Tempest Williams' latest book is called "The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary."  Terry's accomplishments are listed in her Wikipedia entry.  
• Terry's first conversation with Rick on Travel with Rick Steves centered on her book "When Women Were Birds."  It last aired on program #325b in May 2019. 
• Terry also spoke with Rick about "Beauty in a Broken World" on program #337a in September 2016, and set up her favorite U.S. National Parks in a virtual dinner party on program #495b in November 2025.
• She also spoke about "The Hour of Land" on program #507 in December 2017, about her native Utah on program #521a in March 2020, and on the effects of "Erosion" on program #579a in August 2022. You can find podcast audio of these interviews in the show archives.
• Utah is home to the largest number of dark-sky designated communities in the world.