04/02/2022
Presented “Forests for Life” to the American Association of University Women, at Bridgewater Retirement Community (not recorded). …
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05/04/2022
I read my essay, “Grateful Dead-Heading, A Gardener’s Revelation,” from the book Better With Age, to students in a Lifelong Learning Institute course taught by book editors Bob Bersson and Jack Greer.
05/19/2022
Participated in an “Author’s Chat,” (not recorded) with Paul Bugas, at Barren Ridge Vineyard, cohosted by Stone Soup Books of Waynesboro. A major topic was the increasing interest in developing habitat corridors to save wildlife – and …
09/15/2022
Using archival photos and my forest forensics photos of clues to the history of my own beloved woods – and far beyond – I presented …
04/29/2024
I was invited to speak at the weekly luncheon of the Harrisonburg Rotary Club, one of more than 46,000 Rotary clubs around the world. Their mission is to form a fellowship of business, professional, …
06/28/2024
Oasis Gallery of Fine Art and Craft, at 103 S. Main Street, is the heart of art in Harrisonburg, VA, the closest city to my very rural home. The administrators of Oasis consider literature also …
10/13/2024
I was one of 5 local authors invited to discuss how I became a published writer, at Plains District Memorial Museum, Timberville VA. Preparing for it made me realize all the things I had done wrong. If I …
10/19/2024
I was thrilled to be invited to the first Queen City Word Fest, a large gathering of writers in Staunton, Virginia, from the Shenandoah Valley and beyond, with their books on display and for …
11/12/2024
I gave a PowerPoint presentation for Rocktown History’s Coffee Mill Talks, (Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, VA), which used photos I’ve taken over decades of observations to show how the forest remembers its past.
What better place to talk about forest history than a Historical Society?
Below is …