Author: Laura

Laura

  • A Walk In The Park

    A Walk In The Park

    A recap of favorite hikes in the national parks.

  • The School Committee and Me

    The School Committee and Me

    When my children were in public high school fourteen years ago, I tussled with the school’s elected board over issues arising from the murder of a student.

  • Wild About Wildflowers

    Wild About Wildflowers

    My three year journey to make a wildflower garden.

  • The Trip of a Lifetime

    The Trip of a Lifetime

    Four friends confront the consequences of a seemingly innocent ski vacation.

  • Looking For Signs

    Looking For Signs

    Here’s a little about what I found along the roadsides, in the forest, and in my own front yard.

  • Eye to Eye With Alligators at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

    Eye to Eye With Alligators at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

    I thought about that canoe trail for a couple of days. But that’s when dark thoughts about alligators crept in.

  • A Peak Experience

    A Peak Experience

    The Main Park Road through the western side of Lassen Volcanic National Park twists and rises through 3500 feet with breathtaking vistas on all sides.

  • The Earth Beats

    The Earth Beats

    Members of the school’s Earth Beat club, they’re having fun while introducing environmentally kind changes into school routines.

  • Your Brain on Nature

    Your Brain on Nature

    There is at least a partial remedy for the ill effects of too much sedentary time indoors, an antidote that’s easy and fun.

  • Staying At Home With John Steinbeck

    Staying At Home With John Steinbeck

    The characters and the situations are the elements that make Cannery Row so lovable.