Alone with Wolves

Alone with Wolves

From a distance, a camera crew captured Gudrun Pflueger’s encounter with coast wolves. MATTHEY FILMS written for Appalachia journal Gudrun Pflueger believes that a buried instinct to handle predators saved her in a wilderness meadow Gudrun Pflueger sat alone in...

Keeping It Clean

written for New England Watershed It’s early June on the Connecticut River and the sun is blazing just above the tree fringe of Selden Island on the far bank. The glitter on the water is so bright I have to write with one eye closed. Out in the river just up from...
The Trail Pioneers

The Trail Pioneers

The Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails as shown in the Connecticut Walk Book, 1940. CONNECTICUT FOREST & PARK ASSOCIATION written for Connecticut Woodlands In December 1929, a handful of professional men who loved hiking began building the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails in...

What Did You Say?

written for Woman’s Day It took me years to admit I had a hearing problem. Don’t make the same mistake. I BEGAN using hearing aids in both ears two years ago, just before my 44th birthday and 15 years after a doctor first recommended I get them. My hearing had...
This Little Light of Mine

This Little Light of Mine

written for Audubon They’re brighter, cheaper in the long run, and fit most fixtures. Plus compact fluorescents can be a force in fighting global warming. So what are you waiting for? If you’ve visited a home improvement or discount store lately, maybe you noticed...