Blogs at AmyLouJenkins.com: Choose Your Journey

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

Before ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson

Amazon Link Long Before the Memoir ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson, Knopf … Read more

Am I Too Old to Write a Book?

Ā Did I Wait Too Long?Ā  Ā Am I too old to get started writing my memoir? No. I’m excited about this question because the science behind it is far more … Read more

What Makes a Great Memoir

What Makes a Great Memoir: Craft Lessons from the Books Readers Can’t Stop Recommending What makes a great memoir?Not fame.Not shock value.And not even an extraordinary life. The memoirs … Read more

Give the Gift of Inspiration

Give the Gift of Inspiration: Memoirs for the Holidays Giving a memoir for the holidays gives someone more than a present: you give perspective, courage, and an enrichment experience. … Read more

What Does It Mean to Eat With Grace

What Does it Mean to Eat With Grace? Previously Published in the Muir View To Eat with GraceĀ features work from Tamar Adler, Jane Hirshfield, Barbara Kingsolver, Maxine Kumin, Gary … Read more

Shooting a Deer: the Integrity of Deer Hunting

Shooting a Deer Previously Published in Sport Literate Magazine and the anthology Corners: Voices on ChangeĀ under the title Shooting a deer. This title makes an aspirational connection to George … Read more

MacFarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words

Macfarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words in a Spellbook . Ā  When the Oxford English Dictionary removed entries related to the natural world, Macfarlane and Morris saved the … Read more