Watershed Notes

Staying Informed

On taking the time to curate your news and information feeds to match what you want to know and learn about.

Though we sometimes denigrate online versus in person communities, it is possible to be part of a caring and inclusive online community.

This past weekend I took a camping staycation to remember my dad and his passing.

Lara Prior-Palmer’s “Rough Magic” isn’t so much about a horse race as it is finding out who you are and what drives you as a human being.

Lately I’ve been having trouble writing. Maybe I can find my way back by writing about my father, whom I lost in July.

Ben Ehrenreich’s “Desert Notebooks’ is an extended meditation on time, writing, and life in the desert.

Ruby McConnell writes with clarity and feeling about geology and personal life in this series of personal essays.

Theresa Kishkan’s “The Weight of the Heart” is a feminist geography of western British Columbia.

Sometimes having a chronic illness means you can’t reach the goals you’d planned for, and you have to put them off for a while.

Life is about paying attention