Book Review: Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World, Solo
If you have ever wanted to travel alone but found yourself waiting for confidence, companionship or permission, this book may be for you. Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World, Solo, by Beth Santos, is both a practical guide and an argument for women moving through the world...
Book Review: The Nature Embedded Mind
If you are interested in mental health, forest bathing and nature therapy, this book may be for you. The Nature Embedded Mind: How The Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves, by Julie Brams, calls into question the problematic idea of human dominance over nature, and offers a guide to personal and planetary...
7 Books I Read This Year That Reshaped My Conservation Philosophy
These seven books redefine conservation as a commitment to relationship, attention, humility, and conscious choice. The books span decades and genres, but reading (or re-reading) them together in 2025 allowed me to identify patterns that continue to reshape my perspective on the nuanced environmental, conservation and climate challenges the world faces. From science to Indigenous...
Paradise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak
This story is continued from Western Kitsch: The Black Hills of South Dakota. After our gripping adventure rerouting several hours out of our way from the Black Hills, we pushed on to Billings and then Livingston. Just 30 miles from our final destination, the snow began to fall. In my tiny Prius, we slowed to...