Giving Voice to My Astonishment

Links to Published Articles and Essays:

Cary Living Magazine
Making a Difference: The Romance of Raptor Rescues
November/December 2017 (also appeared in Midtown)

https://issuu.com/midtown/docs/cary-web-all_cb44a21eb66db6/80

Western Wake Surges Forward
January/February 2018

Midtown Magazine 
Feeling Stressed? Take Five and Go Outside
September/October 2017
http://www.midtownmag.com/feeling-stressed

Green Thumbs for All
March/April 2018 (also appeared in Cary Living)

http://www.midtownmag.com/green-thumbs-for-all/

All the Buzz About Bees
May/June 2018 

http://www.midtownmag.com/all-the-buzz-about-bees/

Animal Adventures Around Our State
Midtown Magazine July/August 2018

Photo: Conservators Center
http://www.midtownmag.com/animal-adventures/

Animal Adventures Around Our State
Cary Living Magazine July/August 2018

Photo: NC Zoo

http://www.caryliving.com/animal-adventures/

Gardening to Attract Birds July/August 2018
Midtown and Cary Living magazines

Photo: Will Stewart
http://www.caryliving.com/home-and-garden/

Midtown Magazine July/August 2018
Minding Your Business: Flavors From Afar
Polonez Polish Market
http://www.midtownmag.com/on-the-home-scene/

Cary Living July/August 2018
Minding Your Business: Global Foods at Local Grocery
Golden Hex European Groceries and Deli
http://www.caryliving.com/minding-your-business/

Midtown September/October 2018
Out on the Town: Dog-Friendly Raleigh
http://www.midtownmag.com/out-on-the-town-dogfriendly-raleigh/

Cary Living September/October 2018
A Page in Time
http://www.caryliving.com/a-page-in-time/

Discover the Wild West
http://www.caryliving.com/discover-the-wild-west/

Fall Fun For All
http://www.caryliving.com/fun-for-all/

Cary Living November/December 2018
Cary’s Finest… Sometimes Have Four Legs and a Commanding Bark
http://www.caryliving.com/carys-finest/

A Holiday Tradition Burns Bright Across Cary
http://www.caryliving.com/a-tradition-burns-bright
https://issuu.com/midtown/docs/cary-web-all_bed3383a16e15c/40

Cary Living January/February 2019 (also in Midtown)
Building Community: Africa Connections Love Abounds is Changing Lives
http://www.caryliving.com/building-community 

Community: Showtime for Downtown Cary
http://www.caryliving.com/community-showtime-in-downtown-cary/

Midtown Magazine March/April 2019
To Every Life a Season: Historic Oakwood Cemetery’s Death Letter Project
http://www.midtownmag.com/downtown

Cary Living March/April 2019
Plant it Forward: Celebrate Arbor Day in Downtown Cary
http://www.caryliving.com/community-scene

O. Henry Magazine March 2019
Heaven in a Wildflower
http://www.ohenrymag.com/botanicus-7/

Seasons Style & Design Spring 2019
The Garden Guru: Flora’s Abode
http://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru/

Seasons Style & Design Summer 2019
The Garden Guru: Wild Kingdom
https://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-2/

Midtown Magazine May/June 2019 Also appeared in Cary Living
Urban Nesting: Tour d’Coop
http://www.midtownmag.com/on-the-community-scene-urban-nesting
Cascading Wonders: Waterfall Adventures Across North Carolina
https://www.midtownmag.com/cascading-wonders
Citizen Scientists Unite
http://www.midtownmag.com/education-prairie-ridge-ecostation

Salt Magazine July 2019
Come Sit a Spell!
http://www.saltmagazinenc.com/come-sit-a-spell/

Cary Living July/August 2019
A Sense of Place: Historical Preservation Enhances Cary’s Character and Charm
http://www.caryliving.com/a-sense-of-place

Seasons Style & Design Fall 2019
The Garden Guru: Come Sit a Spell! In Praise of Garden Benches
http://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-3/

Cary Living September/October 2019
http://www.caryliving.com/local-breweries
Nature Bathing: Cary Offers 80 Miles of Greenways
http://www.caryliving.com/new-page-1

Midtown Magazine September/October 2019
A Village Within
http://www.midtownmag.com/a-village-within

Seasons Style & Design Winter 2019
The Garden Guru: Hellebore Heaven
http://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-4/

Cary Living November/December 2019
Check it Out! Cary Regional Library Opens in November
http://www.caryliving.com/landmark

O. Henry November 2019
Taking Root
http://www.ohenrymag.com/o-henry-ending-35/

Cary Living and Midtown Magazines January/February 2020
Recycling 2.0:
What you need to know to master the art and science of recycling in 2020
http://www.midtownmag.com/new-page-46

Cary Living and Midtown Magazines January/February 2020
Plant, Prune, Plant: Now is the season to set the stage for spring and summer
http://www.midtownmag.com/plantpruneplan

Seasons Style & Design Spring 2020
Back to Nature: Sustainable gardening is easier than you might think
https://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-5/

Midtown and Cary Living March/April 2020
Garden Around the State: Botanical Destinations to Explore
https://www.midtownmag.com/gardens-around-the-state

Seasons Style & Design Fall 2020
Native Intelligence: Indigenous Plants Keep a Garden Healthy — and Beautiful
https://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-6/

Midtown and Cary Living Magazines November/December 2020
Planning Safe and Distant Holiday Meals
https://www.midtownmag.com/planning-safe-and-distant-holiday-meals

Midtown and Cary Living Magazines January/February 2021
Local Labyrinths: Take the Path to Well-being
https://www.midtownmag.com/labyrinths

Seasons Style & Design Winter 2020
The Garden Guru: Japanese Maple
https://seasonsmagazinenc.com/the-garden-guru-7/

Work in Anthologies

TAF Stays Home: 29 Freelancers Writing eds. Arlene Bice & Marilyn Iturri
Essay ‘Nesting’

https://www.amazon.com/TAF-Stays-Home-freelancers-writing/dp/B08BWHQ7FS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=taf+stays+home&qid=1594052341&s=books&sr=1-1

The Atelier Project: Conversations About Creativity ed. Molly Murray
Essay ‘Virginia Woolf: Creative Writing Teacher’

https://www.amazon.com/Atelier-Project-Conversations-About-Creativity/dp/1512271063/

Streetlight Magazine Guest Blog Post
Taking the Next Right Step

https://streetlightmag.com/?s=taking+the+right+step

Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies
Essay ‘Roads Not Taken’ appears in VOL. XVIII:I.

Duke University Master’s Project on DukeSpace
Bloomsbury and the Natural World
This thesis explores the role that the natural world played in the art and writing of the Bloomsbury group. Very little academic work has been done on this topic beyond the coffee-table books on the gardens of Charleston Farmhouse and Monk’s House. Most serious work has been on the various themes of nature found in Virginia Woolf’s more popular novels. Nature is a prolific theme in the Bloomsbury Group’s painting and literature and they devoted much time to it. Their attitude towards nature was one of respect, not veneration like that of the Romantic period. They viewed man as a part of nature, not outside of nature, or controlling nature. Holding a biocentric view of nature, they eschewed the prevailing attitude of anthropocentricism. They were concerned with the idea of civilization and wrote extensively about what it meant to be civilized. Another major Bloomsbury theme was the contrast of nature wild versus nature tamed. These ideas were discussed, written about, and depicted in their artwork. This paper investigates the aforementioned Bloomsbury topics and also includes man (and woman’s) relationship to nature, terror in the garden, joy in the garden, and the protection of nature.