Pained by Wildfire Smoke and Species Extinction? Let’s Dance. Seriously.
Songs about climate change matter Last month, I was making my way to the bathroom line at an outdoor concert–Portland, ME based band GoldenOak. The concert was the live debut of their newest album, Room to Grow, written entirely about climate change. ...
Mushrooms!!!
Marvelous Mushroom Magic Wowsers. My daily dog walk, a familiar loop traveled easily hundreds, maybe even a couple thousand times, is suddenly a wealth of new and delightful discoveries. Practically every color in the rainbow, ranging in size from a handful of...
Leaf Lessons
Caught in a Song Loop I’ve had these song lyrics rolling around in my head the past several days. The morning air and breeze have a chill, the trees, marshes, and meadows are taking on strong bronze and yellow tints, leaves are slowly starting to relocate from...
Touching Nature
I so miss the days of hugs, playful shoves, sitting closely together…the experience of touch is one of the most important and innate ways we connect and respond to each other. Physical distancing requires us to lose so much of this source of comfort. Consider...
Nature Walk for Connecting and Easing Stress
The pains of a pandemic spring and the new possibilities emerging Winter was long and spring was rainy. The stress connected to Covid-19 made those gloomy spring days nearly intolerable. Normally a rainy April is a time to enjoy the coziness of those last days of...
About Me
I’ve worked in both the social service and environmental education fields, and have learned that combining the two is a deeply powerful way to support people.