Category Archives: Field Notes
I’m writing a guidebook to dog-friendly trails!
If you search around the internet, Amazon has already let the cat out of the bag about my next guidebook, “Dog Friendly Hikes in Maine,” to be published by Down East Books in spring of 2019. Also, I’ve mentioned this third guidebook in the many book talks I’ve given throughout Maine this summer. So for […]
The time I caught two porcupines fighting on camera
I was watching television with my dog, Oreo, late last Friday night when I heard a strange sound coming from outside — a sort of shrieking that I’d never heard before but was undoubtedly the call of wild animal. Without hesitation I grabbed my camera and headed out onto the front porch to investigate. I […]
The night we ran 100 miles from Ellsworth to Eastport
It’s amazing the wildlife I see on my road in the Maine woods
I was surrounded by screeching owls in the Maine woods
Join me at L.L.Bean ‘Raising Outsiders’ event about getting kids outdoors
Presentation on my new guidebook in Newport this weekend
First of all, I’d like to share that the book launch event for my recently-published guidebook “Maine Hikes Off the Beaten Path” last week went wonderfully. Yet again, people blew me away with their support and enthusiasm for Maine hikes. For those who could make it to the event, thank you! And for those who […]
Join me at the book launch for ‘Maine Hikes Off the Beaten Path’
Maine forest plants I was surprised to learn were edible
Walking through forests and fields with an experienced forager is a lesson on observation and survival that truly changes how one looks at the natural world. I’ve attended several foraging workshops and nature walks in recent years, which has given me the opportunity to learn from many different people. And because there are so many […]