Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and bloggers around the world are thinking and writing about “The Power of We,” highlighting themes of community, equality, and freedom. What better day to talk about the wider circle of friends taking part … Read More…
Early on in the process of writing the book, I had an excellent writing teacher, Donna Hanelin, who suggested, “Follow the image.” She must had seen the puzzled look on my face because she repeated it: “Follow the image.” Donna … Read More…
The Nervous Breakdown is a site to be explored at leisure—poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by published and emerging writers plus reviews of music and arts & culture. One feature they offer is self-interviews by emerging writers, and I was honored to … Read More…
As I enter this happy season of launching my new book, my heart and thoughts also travel to two people I was close to who died over the summer. This is truly a “textured time,” as a poet friend of … Read More…
This week I crossed a birding threshold. I chased a rare bird. Now, I’ve known about the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for a long time, began visiting the web page months ago. In the spring I subscribed to the email updates, … Read More…
I’m delighted to welcome guest blogger Dave Sutherland, who provides this peek at our local forest recovering from a recent fire. Dave is a naturalist interpreter with the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, where the fire burned … Read More…
I am thrilled to offer the first chapter of Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature. Click here to download. Hope you enjoy! Please feel free to share any comments you might have about the chapter. Is … Read More…