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The Former Scientist

November 18, 2020

This past weekend I read Lynn Martel’s new book, Stories of Ice, and really enjoyed the focus on glaciers of western Canada and the adventure, … Read more

Tags Andrei Glacier, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, glaciers, glaciology, Hilda Glacier, history, mental health, research, science, Scientist, western canada

Desert Notebooks

August 26, 2020August 25, 2020

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

Tags book review, climate change, current events, desert, history, Mojave, mythology, time, writing

Explorations in the Canadian Rockies

July 15, 2020

Canada’s west-central Rockies have changed dramatically in the two centuries since David Thompson’s time.

Tags Alberta, Canadian Rockies, environment, exploration, First Nations, fur trade, history, landscape, settlers, western canada

A Virtual Visit to Greenland

January 15, 2020

Jon Gertner’s “The Ice at the End of the World” is a fabulous romp through Greenland’s exploration and scientific history.

Tags Arctic history, envhist, expedition, exploration, Greenland, history

Making it Personal

December 2, 2019May 29, 2019

Sometimes it’s harder than you think to write accessibly.

Tags Arctic, brain fog, essays, fieldwork, history, Longreads, mental health, mental illness, Narratively, relationships, trees, writing

It's All About Mary

December 2, 2019April 3, 2019

Lately I’ve been reading about a lot of Mary’s, and I enjoy them all!

Tags environment, gender, gender equity, history, mountains, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, women

Who is today's Rachel Carson?

December 2, 2019January 16, 2019

Rachel Carson is often seen as the driver of the modern environmental movement. But who stands in her shoes today?

Tags A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, climate change, conservation, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Rush, emma marris, environment, history, indigenous peoples, Katharine Hayhoe, Naomi Oreskes, Rachel Carson, Rob Macfarlane, Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Sandra Postel, sea level rise, Silent Spring, water

Saturday Shot: 27 Oct

December 2, 2019October 27, 2018

Features a series of shots from this morning’s fabulous secondhand typewriter find.

Tags analogue, blackandwhite, digital, history, photography, reporter, technology, typewriters, writing

Snail Mail

December 2, 2019July 11, 2018

This past week I received two letters in the mail: one from my book club friend whom I’ve mentioned here previously, and one from a … Read more

Tags analogue, digital, email, emotion, friends, handwriting, history, hopes and dreams, letters, text, writing

How's Your Inner Life These Days?

December 2, 2019August 23, 2017

Today instead of a Wednesday links post I’ve decided to write a regular post with a few links thrown in. —- Over the past few … Read more

Tags academia, community, Creativity, cycling, eclipse, editing, history, kayaking, landscape, life, nature, outdoors, place, progress, quiet, social media, thinking, writing
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