Crashing an author’s dinner

Crashing an author’s dinner

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Get This

Kurt Michael Friese, author of “Chasing Chiles,” with his daughter and son at his restaurant, Devotay. I went down to Prairie Lights Bookstore tonight to hear local-food chef and restaurant owner Kurt Michael Friese read from his book about chile peppers...
A libertarian thinker in Connecticut

A libertarian thinker in Connecticut

by | Jun 21, 2011 | Magazine Articles

Rose Wilder Lane testifying in 1939 before Congress. She favored the Ludlow Amendment, which would have taken declaring war to a vote of the people. (Library of Congress photo) Connecticut Explored, Fall 2010 Over the past several years, my pursuit of information...
Big skies of Iowa

Big skies of Iowa

by | Jun 21, 2011 | Get This

Restored prairie and mown path on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa I am back in Iowa this week, researching once again the papers of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane. A travel grant from the Herbert Hoover Presidential...
Appalachian Trail reunions

Appalachian Trail reunions

by | Jun 14, 2011 | Get This

Cay Query Lodine, Phil Lodine, my husband Nat Eddy, and me, halfway through our AT thru-hike, at ATC headquarters, Harpers Ferry, WV, June 22, 1987 This year marks 24 years since the summer we—Cay, Phil, Nat, and I—hiked the Appalachian Trail. Over the weekend (June...
Where that balloon ends up

Where that balloon ends up

by | May 28, 2011 | Get This

Judy Benson holds someone’s former balloon Slight fog at the mouth of the Connecticut River. The first kayak adventure of the season with my environment reporter friend Judy Benson. After the parties end and the mylar balloons lose their air and float down...