Writing

Recent Publications

Joyful Noise - Spelt Magazine - December 2024

Walking in Place - Still Point Arts Quarterly - Fall 2024

At Home in the Trees - Northern Woodlands - Summer 2024

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Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail

One grouchy husband. Three reluctant kids. Five hundred miles of wilderness. One and a half centuries of exploitation of natural resources. And one mom, determined to escape the humdrum existence of modern parenting and a toxic work environment for the family adventure of a lifetime.

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Essays

"Joyful Noise" Spelt Magazine, Issue 11, December 2024
"Walking in Place" Still Point Arts Quarterly, Fall 2024
"At Home in the Trees" Northern Woodlands, Summer 2024
"Fledging Season" Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology, January 2024
"Faith in a Seed" Rooted 2: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction, Summer 2023 (reprint)
"Inflection Point: The Birth of a Mother Writer" Literary Mama, March/April 2023
"Five Hundred Miles" Deep Wild, July 2022 (reprint)
"Alligator Pear" Stonecrop Review, June 2022
"Stay Together, Learn the Flowers, Go Light" The Art of Everyone, May 2022
"Faith in a Seed" Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability, April 2020
"Persistence Is the Thing with Fins" A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis, Littoral Books, Dec 2019
"Memento Vivere" Still Point Arts Quarterly, Winter 2018
"The Sparrow's Song" The Sunlight Press, July 2018 (Pushcart Prize nominated)
"Pugnacious Beasts" Zoomorphic, October 2017
"Individuality, Mutuality, and a Game of Twister" Multiples Illuminated, Vol. II, August 2017
"The World in Their Hands" The Maine Review, June 2017
"Five Hundred Miles" Mothers Always Write, March 25, 2017
"Post-Twin Stress Disorder" Multiples Illuminated, March 2017
"No Fun" The Manifest Station, March 2017
"I'll Be There For You" Grown and Flown, January 2017
"Monarch Summers" Snowy Egret, Spring-Autumn 2016
"How I Went from Domestic to Wild" Role Reboot, September 2016
"The Big Night" Coffee + Crumbs, September 2016
"Love Bugs" Mothers Always Write, May 2016
"One Cake or Three?" Brain, Child, March 2016
"The Chickens" Mutha Magazine, March 2016
"The Twins and The Pendulum" Brain, Child, February 2015
"A Place in Mind" Northern Woodlands, Winter 2014
"Here Be Dragons" Motherlode: Essays on Parenthood, KY Story, October 2014
"Memento Mori" Mutha Magazine, May 2014
"The Place Where You Live" Orion, January/February 2014
"Catch-22" About Place Journal, November 2013
"This Good Field" Kindred, Fall 2013
"Raising Private Milo" Brain, Child Magazine, Spring 2010 (Editor's Picks - 15 Favorite B,C Archives, March 2015)

Short Stories

"The Rest of the Story" Finalist, CrimeFlash Fiction Contest, 2024 Maine Crime Wave, June 2024
"Two Cent Bridge" Writing Waterville Chapbook, Waterville Creates, May 2024
"The Quilt" Willows Wept Review, September 2020
"Confluence" This Side of the Divide, Baobab Press, February 2019
"Toy Story" If Mom's Happy, Cwtch Press, May 2017
"Boy Trouble" Brain, Child, February 2016
"Stars Come Down" Saltfront, Fall 2015
"Measuring Rain" Literary Mama, October 2008

Freelance Writing

"Oh, What a Night! Exploring Maine's Winter Wilds after Dark" Green & Healthy Maine Winter Guide, Winter 2024
"Discover Maine's Undersea World" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2024
"Stories in the Snow" Green & Healthy Maine Winter Guide, Winter 2023
"Get to Know Maine’s Native Butterflies" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2023
"Hidden Hazards: The Chemical Footprint of a Plastic Bottle" Defend Our Health, May 2023
"River Revival: Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2022
"Citizen Scientists Key to Maine's Clean Lakes" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2022
"10 of Maine's Best Lakes to Visit" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2022
"Sled Dogs and Search and Rescue" Maine Wilderness Guide, Winter 2020
"Sharing a Love of Wilderness" and "Naturalist's Notebook" Maine Wilderness Guide, Fall 2018
"Jargon: Anatomy of a Mountain" TrailGroove, August 2018
"Rachel Carson's Maine" Green & Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2018
"Becoming a Trail Naturalist" TrailGroove, June 2018
"Reduce, Recycle, Retire" Green & Healthy Maine Homes, Spring 2018
"Thru-Hiking en Famille" TrailGroove, September 2017
"Jargon: Mountain Pass" TrailGroove, June 2017
"Family Outings for April Vacation," Whitefield News, April 2017
"How Being a Mom Helped Me Hike 500 Miles" Parent Co., March 2017
"Have your Snow and Eat it Too" Whitefield News, January 2017
"Classic Children's Books for a Winter Day" Whitefield News, December 2016
"The Family Guide to Getting Outside in Winter" Whitefield News, January 2016
"Four Days at Russell Pond" TrailGroove, November 2014
"Skinny Big Hill Hard Mountain: The Labor and Love of Hiking with Children" TrailGroove, October 2014

Writing about Writing

"Writers on Not Writing" The Masters Review, May 2024
"Finding Answers in Nature" Literary Mama blog, February 2024
"Growing an Essay" Rooted 2 Substack, December 2023
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, May/June 2022
"100 Words of Writing Advice" Literary Mama blog, January 2022
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, July/August 2021
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, January/February 2021
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, July/August 2020
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, January 2019
"From the Editor" Literary Mama, September 2018
"How to Write with (or Despite) Kids" WOW! Women on Writing, March 2017
"Advice to Writers from 80s Hair Bands" Beyond Your Blog, March 2016
"Write in Your Car" Literary Mama, August 2015
"Two Takes on AWP" Literary Mama, February 2015
"The Mother as She Writes" Literary Mama, May 2014
"Nature Journaling as Meditation" Rhythm of the Home, Winter 2010

Author Interviews and Book Reviews

"The Ever-Evolving Journey: An Interview with Majka Burhardt" Literary Mama, September/October 2023
"Where Are They Now? An Interview with Anne Liu Kellor" Literary Mama blog, March 2023
"'Mother Brain' delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood" Maine Sunday Telegram, October 2022
"A Review of World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil" Literary Mama, May/June 2021
"A Review of The Beginning of Everything by Andrea J. Buchanan" Literary Mama, May 2020
"A Conversation with Caitlin Shetterly" Literary Mama, January 2019
"A Conversation with Tomas Moniz" Literary Mama, June 2017
"Adopting a Son, Becoming a Mother: A Review of Susanne Antonetta’s Make Me a Mother" Literary Mama, March 2014
"Father Nature: Two New Books on Dads, Kids, and the Natural World" Literary Mama, June 2013
"Shake off the Stupor and Get to Work: A Review of Raising Elijah" Literary Mama, September 2011
"Midlife Rebirth: A Review of Shamrock and Lotus and The Life You Imagined" Literary Mama, April 2011

Deer Tracks and Dragonflies

Deer Tracks and Dragonflies: A Year at Viles Arboretum
Viles Arboretum, June 2016

Ever since I moved to central Maine in 1997, I’ve spent time at Viles Arboretum, working on trails, hiking with friends, cross-country skiing, introducing my children to its trees and ponds, escaping my office for a lunchtime walk. The vignettes in this collection draw on experiences I’ve recorded in journals since 1999. The field guide pages include some of the trees, birds, flowers, and wildlife a visitor might see during each month or season. Published by Viles Arboretum and available in their gift shop in Augusta, Maine.