“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is … the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
—Mark Twain
I write mostly creative non-fiction, non-fiction, essays, feature articles, blog, mixed-genre, outdoor adventures. Monthly articles for Tidewater Times Magazine; occasional feature articles for Shore Monthly Magazine. I consume poetry, graphic novels, looking for innovative ways to tell stories and I am trying to find and begin a longer narrative non-fiction/mixed genre work or book. Select feature articles below:
Finding Hope (Alaska). RV’ing the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska and finding Hope. Tidewater Times, September 2022.
Bucket Lists, Near and Far. Thinking about bucket lists, on the grand scale and the local. Tidewater Times, May 2022.
A Pilgrim Looks at 50. A retrospective from my first 50 years, along with thinking about the life of poet Jack Gilbert. Tidewater Times, April 2022.
Listening to Your Life-It’s Never Too Late to Start. Beginning as a seminary student in the second half/act of life. Tidewater Times, November 2021.
Learning to Hit Curve Balls. In 2015 my daughter had a seizure that was the beginning of Epilepsy. Learning to adapt to what life gives us. Tidewater Times, August 2021.
Skating Through Mid-Life, Maryland, and Beyond. What skateboarding brings to middle age. Tidewater Times, May 2021
Wager on Teaching, Adventures, and Life. Long-time Easton High English Teacher Michael Wager on teaching, life, and legacy. Tidewater Times, February 2021
Harvesting Compassion. What would it look like to both plant and harvest compassion? Tidewater Times, November 2020.
Beastie Boy Bouillabaisse. Part book review, part personal history and life soundtrack. Tidewater Times, December 2018.
What To Do With the Time Given Us. Feature article looking at how to best live life. Tidewater Times, August 2018.
A Life Outside: Wayne Bell. Profile of scientist, administrator, birder, naturalist, Eastern Shore outdoor legend. Tidewater Times, May 2018.
Alan Thorndike: From Puget Sound to Oxford, By Way of Ancient Greece. Profile of Pugent Sound come Oxford physicist, touching on his model of the Antikythera Mechanism. Tidewater Times, January 2018.
Following a Calling. An autobiography of faith and vocation. Tidewater Times, November 2017.
Taking the Shore by Paddleboard. Stand-Up Paddleboarding is rightfully gaining traction on the rivers and creeks around the Chesapeake Bay. Tidewater Times, June 2017.
In Search of the Snow Bunting. A look at winter birding on Maryland’s Eastern Shore for Tidewater Times. January 2017.
Norman Harrington’s Oxford. Feature article about historian/photographer Norman Harrington for Tidewater Times. October 2016.
Documenting Maryland’s Biodiversity. Feature article about the Maryland Biodiversity Project for Tidewater Times. August 2016.
The 4-1-Run – Blog that began as an exploration of distance and trail running, which evolved into creative writing and thoughts on life, family, you name it. February 2007 through July 2016.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s New Fast Response Cutters. Feature article for the Coast Guard’s Acquisition Directorate about the newest cutters being introduced to the fleet. Winter 2012.
“A Fastpacking Education.” Cover feature article for Trail Runner Magazine on the history and how-to’s of fast, light backpacking, interviewing some of the biggest names in the field and pulling from personal experience in the White Mountains. June 2008.
“From Books to the Field.” Feature article on Washington College’s Center for the Environment and Society, written for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Magazine.
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