In essays and other ways – fiction, journals, travel pieces, blogs – I write mostly about the natural world, especially about the landscape of the southern Piedmont, where I’ve lived for most of my life. Occasionally I write about special places like the Okefenokee Swamp, the coastal marshes and islands of the Southeast, or even the mountains of Yellowstone National Park, but I am most interested in exploring the beauty, mystery and surprises of the less appreciated old fields, second-growth woods, creeks, wetlands and wildlife around my own home and region. I want to learn more about them, to share what I learn, and to work with others to do what I can to help protect them for the future.

Most of the first few pieces here are previously unpublished essays. I’ll be adding more – both new and old pieces – as soon as I can. My main project currently is a collection of essays titled Inside a Southern Woodland. Several of these are included here and others will be added as I complete them.