The First Sure Sign of Spring
Spring comes slowly next to Lake Michigan. We’ll get teased by sunshine and 60 degrees one day and snow the next. So on a recent…
Take a Walk Through My Listening Point
Take a walk with me through part of my listening point. No narration, just the sounds around me and 33 minutes of 4K film. I’m…
Hope Is A Verb With Its Sleeves Rolled Up
Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up, I used to tell my students. Let me explain. I used to begin the semester in…
Mapping the Spiritual Journey for a Better Life
You are on a spiritual journey, whether or not you use the term. It is simply part of being human. But making it a conscious…
News, July 2021: Coming Events, Plus Video
A Private Wilderness has been out for nearly two months and is doing great, according to the marketing people at the University of Minnesota Press….
News, May 2021: It’s Here! And My Heart is Full
A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson arrived at the University of Minnesota Press warehouse earlier this week, and my editor immediately rushed…
What’s in a Name? For Writers, More Than You’d Imagine
All I could do was laugh. I cannot for the life of me sign my own name in a consistent manner. My signatures are like snowflakes: no two are the same.
My Most Devious Assignment for College Students
The assignment sounded so simple: just spend twenty minutes alone in silence, and then write about it. But for many, it was terrifying.
News, April 2021
This month feels like a pause as I wait for the June 1 publication of A Private Wilderness. I was amused several weeks ago when…
Sigurd Olson at Dachau and Nuremberg
In March 1946 Sigurd Olson witnessed scenes in war-torn Germany so disturbing he would have occasional nightmares for the rest of his life. He had…
News, March 2021
The first article about my forthcoming book A Private Wilderness is now online. I was really glad to see that, out of all the possible…
Book News, February 2021
The 74 photos spread throughout A Private Wilderness, will add greatly to the book’s interest. It will come out in June.