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.
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.
The Raven Feather
A raven feather lies on the top of the desk in my writing room. Another one stretches across a display on the table where I…