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Green and Wildish Blog: Celebrate and Advocate for Our Earth

Find book reviews, green living resources and ideas, advocacy opportunities, personal essays, and spotlight on species and the natural world. Visit Green and Wildish. Go to Green and Wildish page and blog.
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Writing Blog: Write the Stories You Were Meant to Tell 

Dive into your own stories. Find expert advice, author interviews, craft lessons and the proven paths to finding and writing your stories. Go to First-Person Writing page and blog.
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Summer Reading Twist JD Vance and bell hooks

My Summer Reading Stack Took a Strange Turn J.D. Vance, bell hooks, and the question of borrowed authority I was buying books for my summer reading stack when the … Read more

Nature Writing: Why We Need It

Nature Writing: Why We Need It When I was writing Every Natural Fact, I spent hours beside a stream watching water froth over rocks. That riverine landscape wasn’t a … Read more

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review A Memoir by Bridget Crocker, Spiegel and Grau, 2025, 294 pages. Explore on Amazon HERE.   In The River’s Daughter, Bridget Crocker offers a … Read more

Mental Illness and the Outdoors a Book Review: Something in The Woods Loves You

Explore on Amazon Book Review of Something in the Woods Loves you Discover Healing in Nature Mental Illness and the Outdoors: A Journey Through Pain and Nature 2024, Timber … Read more

10 Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature

10 Unique Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature In a world increasingly dominated by screens, nurturing your child’s love for nature is more important than ever. Engaging … Read more

Award Winning Nature Books

Award-Winning Nature Books You May Have Missed Award-winning nature books worth checking out: Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher by Marina Richie, 2022, Oregon State University Press, … Read more

What Is Narrative Nonfiction?

What Is Narrative Nonfiction? Definition, Examples & Literary Techniques Narrative nonfiction tells a true story using literary craft. Story is central to the form. The writer decides where the … Read more

‘The Photo Ark’ book review

The Photo Ark Book ReviewThe Photo Ark; One Man’s Quest to Document the World’s Animals, by Joel Sartore with a foreword by Harrison Ford, National Geographic, 2017, 399 P. The … Read more

Go Native With the Red Buckeye

Go Native With the Red Buckeye The first time I saw a red buckeye shrub, it beckoned me with its scarlet plumes and the scads of hummingbird visitors.  This … Read more

Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year

Six Reasons to Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year Read for a better new year, a better you, and perhaps a better world In the coming … Read more

‘Just Mercy’ Book Review

Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson A Story of Justice and Redemption  Book Review Just Mercy: The Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, 318 pages Connections between … Read more

‘Origins’ Book Review

Book Review of Origins How Earth’s History Shaped Human History Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History, Lewis Dartnell,  Basic Books, NY, 2019, 287 Pages. ‘Origins’ isn’t Just for … Read more

‘Entangled Life’ Book Review

Book Review: ‘Entangled Life’ How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures You think you don’t need a book about fungi, but you do. Honestly, … Read more