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After completing The Wonderland Trail, I more or less packed up my fall and winter clothing, my kitchen essentials, and my entire office (including most pertinent books) and moved it all up to [...]

Countless essays have been written about the importance of finding a “good reader” for your writing. Lots of these articles focus on horror stories, too–the friend who turned [...]

Readers of this blog who also write or enjoy discussions about creative process, might enjoy previous posts along this theme of revision. Use the search box on the lower left sidebar of this site [...]

Five generations of my dad’s side of the family lived in South Boston, and although I visited many times over the years, I never claimed residency. Even still, this bloodline means that [...]

Here are few snapshots from my 93-mile, 9-day journey around Mt. Rainier with great friends. It wasn’t as physically challenging as I thought–we made good time everyday and I could [...]

The Wonderland Trail is one of the most popular, by-lottery-only, National Park Service trails in the United States. Each year, it draws thousands of visitors from around the world…and this [...]

It’s been an exciting month to formally launch my new Writer at Large Services and I’m happy to report that by using my existing contacts–current students, past students, and a [...]

Brad and I took our first, real vacation since Flashes of War was published and escaped for 4 1/2 days to a small lake in Ontario. Thanks to the generosity of dear friend and author [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how these groups come together in their own unique way, summer after summer. Last week was my fourth experience teaching memoir to adults at Interlochen College of [...]

I’m very excited to be at Interlochen for the 5th summer in a row and my 4th time teaching a course that is very near and dear to my heart: Making Meaning of Our Memories. This is a 4 1/2 [...]