Nature and the Ghosts of Thinkers

Nature and the Ghosts of Thinkers

by | May 22, 2016 | Get This

Stone Pond and Mount Monadnock, old postcard photograph. In May 2016, I spent a weekend at Stone Pond cleaning and preparing my inlaws’ family cottage for Writing from Nature, my second annual workshop. I heard a new story from a neighbor. It’s about the...
Observing without a notebook or cell phone

Observing without a notebook or cell phone

by | May 1, 2016 | Get This

I believe this is the Amphibrach Trail in the White Mountains. Resist the temptation to write or photograph as you walk through the fields or woods or desert or bog. When we stop and consider the right word while looking at the broken bird’s egg, we lose part of...
Squatter farmers of long ago

Squatter farmers of long ago

by | Feb 25, 2016 | Get This

Sand plains near an industrial site in central Connecticut. In the 18th century, squatter farmers in central Connecticut tried to grow crops on sand plains. They failed, because the soil resembles the desert, and they abandoned the land. Particular plants and trees...