{"product_id":"hoover-wilderness","title":"Hoover Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStillwater Kingman turquoise · Sterling silver · Handmade and hand stamped · Sterling silver ear wires · One of a kind\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hoover Wilderness has an uninspiring name for a place of extraordinary beauty. High in the Sierra, granite gives way to tarns and small pools left behind by snowmelt. The soil is thin, and vegetation clings with everything it has to stay rooted among rock, snow, wind, and water.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI spent many weekends there searching for a missing person, walking mile after mile through that country. Gray jays were everywhere, bossy, busy, and endlessly inquisitive, while trout darted through the cold mountain water. There was a quiet rhythm to moving off trail with my dog, searching and hoping that somewhere ahead of us was the person we hoped to find.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot long ago the Hawk Fire raced toward my home. I gathered what mattered most and fled. Only for a short while, but there is something unsettling about leaving your home behind with fire coming toward it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I returned, these Stillwater Kingman stones arrived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI held them in my hands for a long time. Deep greens and blues against a dark matrix. Cool colors after days filled with heat, smoke, and fire. Looking at them eased something in me I couldn’t quite name. An unspoken thirst for forests, granite, and those long days in the high country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that is why these stones immediately felt like that landscape to me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaybe you know that same unspoken thirst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pull toward something that settles you without asking you to be still. The kind of refuge I’ve always found in wild country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd maybe that’s what drew you here, too. \u003c\/span\u003eIf you understand that pull, perhaps these earrings were meant to become part of your story. \u003cspan\u003eWear them as a reminder that sometimes the places with the most unassuming names offer exactly the refuge we need.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slide Mountain Supply","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59966810652958,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/3227\/7022\/files\/87203593-25D2-46C9-9C29-8CA370ABABCC.jpg?v=1789576108","url":"https:\/\/slidemountainsupply.com\/products\/hoover-wilderness","provider":"Slide Mountain Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}