Morning person? No. Night owl.

Morning person? No. Night owl.

by | Dec 30, 2022 | Get This

This morning, I tried solving the daily Wordle puzzle before I got out of bed. It took me three times as long, and I almost didn’t get it. I actually had predicted this might be true. I wake up slowly. My brain just seems less flexible until a few hours after I...
Writing below a mountain

Writing below a mountain

by | Oct 31, 2022 | Get This

A birch and a pine grow next to each other below Mount Cardigan, Alexandria, New Hampshire.  I just returned from leading a writing workshop for the Appalachian Mountain Club. The AMC and I began Writing from the Mountains in 2016. The year before, we had brainstormed...
Update, early spring 2022

Update, early spring 2022

by | Apr 24, 2022 | Get This

Above: Annie Gribbins with some of her husband’s emergency rescue gear, which has inspired us to think of new coping strategies as the pandemic winds down. My sister Anne Woodside Gribbins and I have published a new essay about coping strategies in the pandemic...

by | Nov 23, 2021 | Get This

Two weeks ago, as thin ice layers melted on the newly fallen leaves in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch, I said goodbye to a group of writers who’d spent the weekend with me for another Writing from the Mountains. These creatives were at varying stages of...
Symbols in a personal history

Symbols in a personal history

by | Jul 26, 2021 | Get This

The forgotten Swiss Army knife is a character in my next book. I am writing a wilderness memoir. Appalachian Mountain Club Books will publish this book in a year. Writing personal history means I must do research on my own life. This story involves my two daughters,...