My Published Articles & Essays
Travel & Nature
“Regenerative Tourism Invites Travelers to Get their Hands Dirty” from Smithsonian
“Vampire Bats May have a Bad Reputation, but They are Smart and Social” from The Washington Post
“A Bird’s Song Adds Wonder to the World” from High Country News
“Sharing a Deck, Tales, and Tape: Adventures on the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry” from The Boston Globe
“Volunteer Vacation: Plan Your Next Trip to Give Back” from Via
“In the Pandemic, Feral Turkeys Unite a Neighborhood” from Humans & Nature
“The Problem with Dog Poop Bags” from The Bark
“Slow Mobility on the Accessible Coast” from The Oregon Coast
“Take a Marine Life Cruise on the Oregon Coast” Travel Oregon
“How to Give Back to Your Favorite Hiking Trails” Travel Oregon
Big Ideas & Innovations
“Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents” from Longreads
“How Down Syndrome Makes a Brain Beautifully Different” from Muse Magazine
“For World Down Syndrome Day, Meet 3 Young People Who Dream Big and Achieve” from The Washington Post
“About 120,000 U.S. Foster Kids are Waiting for Parents. One of Them is Now My Daughter” from CNN
“The Privilege to Raise Our Voices” from Oregon Humanities
“The Game was Rigged All Along” from Dame
“A Culinary Apprenticeship Fights Food Insecurity in Rochester, NY” from Next City
“Meet the Nonbinary Michigan Powerhouse Who’s Revolutionizing Gaming for the Disabled Community” from Pridesource
On Writing & Books & Writers
“Why We Write: On Pandemics, Heat Waves, Police Brutality & Resiliency” from Brevity
“Seven Ways to Build a Writing Habit” from The Writer Magazine
“John Daniel: A Good Animal, Too” from High Country News
“Author and Her Non-Binary Teenager Challenge Book Banning” from CNN
“Literary Travel Magazine Wields the Power of Crowdfunding to Offer Writers a Respectable Paycheck” from Study Hall
“Surviving the Spite: How to Deal with Public Criticism as a Writer” from Writer’s Digest
“How to Use Diverse Books in your At-Home Learning” from We Need Diverse Books
See a decade’s worth of my articles & essays from The Writer Magazine