A forum for intentional words by women on wildness, wilderness and outdoor adventure.
Spring is here, more or less, but New York City never saw a sustained winter. As Leo reminded us last week, climate change is here and now, and I witness its effects every morning as I jog through my beloved, bouldered backyard. Fort Tryon Park feels to me more alive and biodiverse than any corner of the city below. Mice, squirrels, …
Continue reading Cherries, Lindens, and Gingkos: Reciprocity Lessons with Fort Tryon’s Trees
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." Unknown Diamonds sparkle in winter sunlight. …
Continue reading Frozen Diamonds, Fire and Ice–Old Faithful Winter Sojourn
In every issue of Orion Magazine, a literary journal that explores the connection between nature, culture and place, a writer pens a declaration in list form. It could be about anything. One was entitled 7 Survival Tips for the Hardy Extraterrestrial and another, 10 Words Technology Borrowed from Nature. It’s called an enumeration. Here is my …
I. New Yorkers are more vulnerable than they're willing to admit. On the surface they are hard, cultured, ambitious and imposing, but just under that surface they're soft, and like all of us, they long to connect. This was one of the first things I learned about my new city. When we got here last …
“I am in love with this world. I have nestled lovingly in it. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited …
Writing the Wild 