Dr. Rob Williams
LIFE BY THE HORNS: What We Can Learn From The Yak (SPRING 2021 Updated TOC)
After two years of steady research, travel, and writing (ten chapters now drafted), LIFE BY THE HORNS is just now coming into focus. As...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Feb 21, 2021
- 51 min
Chapter 5/GET HIGH: Breathing In The Roof Of The World
NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Special thanks to the University of...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Celebrating Human Resilience (WINTER 2021 UPDATE)
Happy new year, dear readers! Thanks for visiting. We sapiens ("wise humans") have been roaming around this beautiful Planet for 250,000...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Dec 30, 2020
- 80 min
Chapter 13: Wrangle Resilience - Saddling Stress In The Midst Of US COVID Collapse
NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Special thanks to the University of...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Kick Ass Writing: Seven Steps (WORDSMITHING)
Dr. Rob Williams’ Research And Writing Guidelines SEVEN Steps For #KickAssWriting (with a nod to George Orwell) 1. FIRST! Ask a question,...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Nov 21, 2020
- 4 min
Happy, Strong, and Healthy: Giving Thanks For Human Resilience (HOLIDAYS 2020 UPDATE)
Here in Vermont, we celebrate Stick Season every year, that most rugged of seasons between Autumn's Peak Foliage and Winter Snow's...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
OCTOBER 2020 UPDATES: Celebrating #TeamHuman!
Happy October, friends! In the midst of this COVID'addled civilizational moment, I've been reflecting quite a bit on Resilience, and our...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Sep 7, 2020
- 31 min
CHAPTER 6: GROW GRASSY - DIGESTING THE (YAK) MEAT OF THE MATTER
NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Special thanks to the University of...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATES: The (Bitter)Sweetness of Autumn Good Byes (PEAK PARENTING)
Every September, Vermonters and visitors alike look forward to "Peak Foliage," that autumnal moment when our leaves bid adieu to their...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Aug 5, 2020
- 45 min
CHAPTER 3: KNOW PLACE - SKETCHING PLANET YAK'S MYTH'ING LINKS
NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Please email me with any ideas,...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Jul 12, 2020
- 52 min
CHAPTER 7: CHILL OUT - SUISSE YAK HOFFING IN THE ALPS
NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Special thanks to the University of...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
JULY/AUGUST 2020 UPDATES: High Summer In The Vermont Shire
July and August are such a sweet time in the Green Mountains. Time to check out until September. Here are a few photos of our annual...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
JUNE 2020 UPDATES: Summer'ing In Vermont
June is here is the Green Mountains, and despite variable temperatures - 90 degrees one week and 45 degrees the next - we've already had...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- May 31, 2020
- 4 min
MAY 2020 UPDATES: "Opening" Vermont For Summer
Welcome to May in the Green Mountains. May has been a month of wrapping up spring semester 2020 university work and transitioning to...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
APRIL 2020 UPDATES: Vermont Life In Lockdown
Welcome to Spring 2020 Lockdown in Vermont's Mad River Valley! Due to the "global coronavirus plandemic," Vermont and much of the United...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
MARCH 2020 UPDATES: Thriving In Vermont During An Emerging "Global Pandemic"...
Welcome to March 2020, visitors, and a "corona virus global pandemic"...! So much (fake?) news and dis(?) mis(?) information swirling...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Mar 3, 2020
- 41 min
CHAPTER 9: BE HERD - YAK WRANGLING IN THE ROCKIES
WC: approx. 11,200 + NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Special thanks...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Feb 1, 2020
- 2 min
FEBRUARY 2020 UPDATES: Vermont In Snow - #VT99, Yak U, OGA, The Way Yak, Media Mojo, and More!
Happy February 2020, visitors! Beautiful #VT99 snow/go/mojo conditions here in Vermont's Green Mountains, as attested to by these photos...
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Feb 1, 2020
- 34 min
CHAPTER 4/FREE RANGE: LOVELAND LOVEFEST IN COLORADO COUNTRY
Rob's Note: This is a draft of THE WAY YAK, Chapter 4, entitled "Free Range: Loveland Lovefest in Colorado Country." WC: approx. 9000....
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Dr. Rob Williams
- Jan 30, 2020
- 11 min
LIFE BY THE HORNS TOC + CHAPTER SUMMARIES
THE WAY YAK: Annotated Table of Contents for my forthcoming book THE WAY YAK: WHAT WE SAPIENS CAN LEARN FROM THIS SEXY BEAST.
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