Hometown Grocery Store
It is so comforting to return to a store I could navigate blindfolded.
My Big Year of Not Birding
If they heard an unusual call, birders may even backtrack those ten steps of progress and bring you back to the parking lot where you began.
Watching Airplanes Alone
I have never felt like the grief I have is deserved.
25
We succeeded in passing our first day without any emotional crises. Success!
Dear Blue Ridge
Your springs have a mind of their own, yet they stay to their determined courses, following plans drawn up by gravity, grooves deepened by time.
Foraging for Connection
There was always another plant to look for, another mushroom species to find, and the possibilities of foraging were endless.
River Fever
I smell the sweet river dew and hear the rush of water over rock, and I’m launched back in time to my hunter-gatherer roots.
Sun Chips and Firewood
At least I now know not to compost in the shade.
Neon Sea Creatures and the In-Between
Through all the changes of my childhood, I always knew that my grandmother’s home would be the same.
My Mammalian Nature
The bear ascended a steep rhododendron-covered slope which cut the distance between us and him in half.
