The ever moving river of ideas

The ever moving river of ideas

Brenda Ueland, one of my favorite writing teachers, said that most writers will never reach the end of the “ever moving river of ideas.” Many writers I know don’t realize just how deep and wide that river flows inside their minds. Writers sometimes feel that time...
The Bears Next Door: Black Bears in Connecticut

The Bears Next Door: Black Bears in Connecticut

A short walk from a suburban driveway in Canton, Connecticut, a black bear and her cub sleep in their den, a shallow depression in leaf duff underneath a small brush pile and a few downed trees. State biologists Jason Hawley and Melissa Ruszczyk and technicians...
Book Talk October 15 at Bank Square Books

Book Talk October 15 at Bank Square Books

Save the date. I will give a talk and reading from my wilderness memoir Going Over the Mountain at the new location of Bank Square Books, 80 Stonington Road, Mystic, Connecticut, on Tuesday, October 15 at 6 p.m. Going Over the Mountain: One Woman’s Journey from...
To Hear a Forest

To Hear a Forest

One warm morning I took a break while hiking near Cardigan Mountain. I sat on a tent platform in an empty campsite and swung my boots over the platform edge. The leaves began to rustle, first faintly, then louder and louder, the way they do when the wind kicks up. I...