So here’s the deal. In a few days I am going to let a medical team put me to sleep, plug me into a breathing machine and tinker with my fluttering heart. And yes, of course, I am terrified but I also know I have to trust and surrender. Last week when I met my…

Growing up in rural, small town, midwestern farm country I discovered the joy of outdoor life from the moment I was born. It wasn’t unusual for my mother to find me perched under a tree or lying in the field already dreaming about the characters I needed to put into books, all the places I…

Today’s ridiculous, tragic, ill-thought, male-dominated, right-wing, selfish, disgusting decision to overturn a woman’s right to choose what to do with her body should be sending a message to every woman to get up and do something. But first…feel free to sit in your anger and disgust for as long as you need to turn your…