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...

Minding the Body

Minding the Body

My mind springs in Spring like a frenzy of overshot pinballs. It races, paces, waiting for some kind of ‘ding.’...

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...

At Home with Growing Wild

At Home with Growing Wild

I should probably be gathering numbers right now to give to my tax accountant, aka my husband. But today I...

Birthday Gift on the Trail

Birthday Gift on the Trail

Sometimes a knock on the head can set priorities straight, as I learned at the unexpected ending of my 4-day...

Sanctuary Wall

Sanctuary Wall

    Back when all the build-the-wall talk was in the news, I decided to build my own wall. A...

Hiking: A World of Good

Hiking: A World of Good

I was asked to write a short article about what hiking means to me, for the excellent Hike for Mental...

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...

An Inside Look at My Artist’s Book

An Inside Look at My Artist’s Book

My ‘artist’s book’ is on display through the summer at the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan. And recently I...

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