Flatlander in Vermont

Published in The Bridge, Montpelier, VT, January 21, 2010 -

Technically, I suppose, I am a flat lander.  I’m pretty sure it doesn’t count that I have lived most of my adult life – since graduating from the decidedly flat lands of a New York City university – in the mountains.  Huge, towering, snow capped all [continued...]

Ah, Spring

First published in The Nelson Daily News, Nelson, BC, May, 2007

Ah spring!  The smell is in the air.  The birds are chirping.  The flowers are opening.  The water is flowing.  The two stroke motors are revving.

Aargh!

This is the story of spring and summer in the little bowl-like valley that is Nelson.

When a train pulls through [continued...]

Letter to the Anti-Furs

This letter was written to The Star newspaper in BC, Canada in response to an anti-trapping demonstration

Dear Editor,

If the people at Wild at Heart really want to protect animals in Canada (re: the anti-fur rally in Toronto today), they are going about it the wrong way.  The destruction of the environment due to obscene logging [continued...]