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Recent Publications

Inflection Point: The Birth of a Mother Writer - Literary Mama - March/April 2023
Five Hundred Miles - Deep Wild - July 2022
Alligator Pear - Stonecrop Review - June 2022

The Book

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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

  • "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 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 Articles

  • "River Revival: Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary" Green and Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2022
  • "Citizen Scientists Key to Maine's Clean Lakes" Green and Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2022
  • "10 of Maine's Best Lakes to Visit" Green and 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 and Healthy Maine Summer Guide, Summer 2018
  • "Becoming a Trail Naturalist" TrailGroove, June 2018
  • "Reduce, Recycle, Retire" Green and 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

Author Profiles, Book Reviews, and Writing about Writing

  • " 'Mother Brain' delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood" Maine Sunday Telegram, October 2022
  • "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
  • "A Review of World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil" Literary Mama, May/June 2021
  • "From the Editor" Literary Mama, January/February 2021
  • "From the Editor" Literary Mama, July/August 2020
  • "A Review of The Beginning of Everything by Andrea J. Buchanan" Literary Mama, May 2020
  • "A Conversation with Caitlin Shetterly" Literary Mama, January 2019
  • "From the Editor" Literary Mama, January 2019
  • "From the Editor" Literary Mama, September 2018
  • "A Conversation with Tomas Moniz" Literary Mama, June 2017
  • "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
  • "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
  • "Nature Journaling as Meditation" Rhythm of the Home, Winter 2010

Deer Tracks and Dragonflies

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

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