Retreat over, have emerged

Retreat over, have emerged

by | Sep 15, 2015 | Get This

Madison and Adams seen from the Diagonal Trail in Randolph, NH I retreated to Randolph, New Hamphire. For two weeks. I wrote and edited chapters of my next book, Libertarians on the Prairie. I revised and printed out. I revised again and printed out again. I looked at...
Back from the Mountains

Back from the Mountains

by | Aug 21, 2015 | Get This

Shadow clouds and shadow human on Mount Garfield. Early this week, my husband Nat, daughters Elizabeth and Annie, and Elizabeth’s boyfriend, Greg, hiked up to Mount Garfield in the White Mountains and stayed at Garfield Ridge Campsite. Sixteen mountains in the...
Libertarians on the Prairie

Libertarians on the Prairie

by | Jul 28, 2015 | Books

Laura Ingalls Wilder, left, and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, as they looked in the 1930s, when they worked on the “Little House” books Now available from your favorite outlet. Coming out in paperback in October 2017 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder...
Laura Ingalls Wilder devotees follow details

Laura Ingalls Wilder devotees follow details

by | Jul 16, 2015 | Get This

Beth Tarini, M.D., shares her deductions on scarlet fever and why that did not blind Mary Ingalls I am at a conference of Laura Ingalls Wilder enthusiasts. It’s called Laurapalooza. This name injects a lighter air to reality. Roughly 160 followers of the humble...
A Field Guide to a Morning

A Field Guide to a Morning

by | Jun 29, 2015 | Get This

Here I am with a pitch pine branch and cones, the bait lid, and birch bark. In my workshop, Writing from Nature, we spent one morning collecting. Collecting can mean picking up some things like pine cones, leaves, bark, or acorns or it can mean drawing or taking...