Academic Work

Call of the Wild

This post was originally written as a discussion post in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate environmental literature course.  Reading: Call of the Wild Reading Call of the Wild with determinism in mind was an interesting experience. CW is not necessarily on my GOAT (as my kids would say) book list, but it […]

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Branch and Nash Response

This post was originally written as a discussion post in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate environmental literature course.  William Bartram. Travels, 1791. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/63678/63678-h/63678-h.htm J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. Letters from an American Farmer, 17xx. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4666/pg4666-images.html Branch, Michael. “Indexing American Possibilities.” The Ecocriticism Reader, edited by Cheryll Glotfelty & Harold Fromm, University […]

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Response to Love

This post was originally written as a discussion post in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate environmental literature course.  Glen Love, “Revaluing Nature.” Western Literature, 1990. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/104/article/532067/pdf Reading Love’s article made me a little sad because here we are, 32 years later, and we still seem to have a dearth of ecological literary […]

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Previously Published Articles

Worry Free Mom’s Guide to… Creating Relationships with Your Kids: Turn Drive Time into Mommy & Me Time

The following article was published 4/8/10 on Momchats.com. http://momchats.com/turn-drive-time-into-mommy-me-time/ Have you ever thought about what the world was like before radio?  As a Mom, I LOVE those quiet moments when I can just stop and think.  And yet, I’ve realized that I fill every hour of my day with noise.  Think about it…music permeates our […]

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Worry Free Mom’s Guide to… Creating Relationships with Your Kids: Five Simple Ways to Incorporate Your Kids into Your Daily Routine

This article was originally published on 3/26/2010 on Momchats.com: http://momchats.com/five-simple-ways-to-incorporate-your-kids-into-your-daily-routine/. “Mommy, do you have time to play with me?”  How many times have you responded to that question with “In a minute,” “not right now,” or “I just have too much to do!”?  If you’re like me, it breaks your heart every time your little […]

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