Clear Skies, New Eyes: The Journey to Katahdin

What could that winking dot of light be? Was it changing color? My trail buddy and I squinted across Nahmakanta...

Cultivating Ecoliteracy with Artist Books, Part Three

Cultivating Ecoliteracy with Artist Books, Part Three

To round out this three-part blog series, I offer a brief presentation of a lengthy artist book project that was...

Cultivating Ecoliteracy with Artist Books, Part One

Cultivating Ecoliteracy with Artist Books, Part One

Hello, blogosphere, it’s been a while.  Now that I have earned my Masters of Arts (woo-hoooo and props to my...

Not a Walk in the Park: Reflecting on the Inconvenient Truths of Outdoor Recreation

Not a Walk in the Park: Reflecting on the Inconvenient Truths of Outdoor Recreation

I was honored to have the following essay recently published in the fall edition of Confluence, a national, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary...

Another Walk in the Rocks

Another Walk in the Rocks

Adventures of a lifetime come in all shapes and sizes. I’d say becoming a grandmother and a graduate student at...

Building Shelter

Building Shelter

I have been pondering the formidable concept of ‘shelter’ on many levels, thanks to the latest Are You Book Enough...

Trail Legs 2020

Trail Legs 2020

It has arrived. The end of a year that will blazon the pages of every future history book. I am...

Quarantine: Making Time

Quarantine: Making Time

The world has been brought to its knees by a viral force, dead-set on dividing and conquering. Revealing true leaders...

Climbing: Learning How to Fall

Climbing: Learning How to Fall

I still remember the first time I walked into my local climbing gym, The Cliffs at Valhalla, about a dozen...

The White Mountains: Get Schooled!

The White Mountains: Get Schooled!

For five summers now, my husband and I have had the pleasure of joining a friend on his annual hut-to-hut...

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