Open Letter to Libertarians

by | Oct 28, 2013 | Get This

My article in the Boston Globe and PBS News Hour blog prompted libertarians to write suggesting I have a political stance in reporting the political overtones of the Little House books. For the record, I am registered as an unaffiliated voter in my home state. I do...
Woodlands: 76 Years of a Powerful Little Magazine

Woodlands: 76 Years of a Powerful Little Magazine

by | Oct 14, 2013 | Get This

Woodlands comes out quarterly and circulates to members of CFPA and at libraries On Friday night, October 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., I will present the history of Connecticut Woodlands magazine, which I have edited since 2001, and its contribution to the Connecticut...

Raising roads for rising seas

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Get This

Town planners know they can’t avoid dealing with sea-level rise. I am writing an article about how coastal Connecticut’s municipal leaders are changing the way they manage roads, emergency services, zoning, and building permits. Sea level has risen to...
Desk work, late summer

Desk work, late summer

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Get This

Starting a day in the back of my kitchen before heading to the office in Chester. It’s been a heck of a busy summer, and next week I’ll be taking some time off with my daughters and husband. Then from September 1-11 I’ll be on a writing retreat in...
Little Libertarians on the Prairie

Little Libertarians on the Prairie

by | Aug 15, 2013 | Get This

Illustration by Boris Kulikov for the Boston Globe Was a beloved children’s series written as an anti-New Deal fable? The Wilder family papers suggest yes. A FEW MONTHS AFTER the stock market crash, in the winter of 1930, Laura Ingalls Wilder sat at a small desk...