In a world where they don't all speak your language. (National Geographic Traveler)

When you trade houses, do they peek into your underwear drawer? (Budget Travel, Sept 2002)

What are the neighbors staring at? (The American Gardener, July/Aug 2002)

A family that vacations together... (New York Times, April 15, 2001)

What father-daughter garden talk is really about. (Fine Gardening, Nov/Dec 2000)

Thoughts that go bump in the night. (Writer's Digest Grand Prize winner, 1995)

The oldest waterfront hotel in Old Orchard Beach is now colorfully restored. (Down East, May 2024)

They’ve maxed out every inch in this small but welcoming garden. (Down East, June 2024)

A wide-open lawn is transformed. (Down East, April 2024)

A natural swimming pool sustains an informal menagerie. (Maine Homes by Down East, Spring 2023)

One hosta led to hundreds in this woodland garden. (Down East, September 2022)

In Wilton, a friendly gardener creates a refuge for people and pollinators. (Maine Homes by Down East, Fall 2022)

A Bangor couple leans into the fragrant spring bloomer. (Down East Magazine, May 2023)

A naturalistic garden is a haven for all. (Maine Homes by Down East, Fall 2023)

A West Bath grower cedes her yard to dozens of dahlias. (Down East Magazine, September 2023)

Muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair made America safer and fairer. We need him again. (AudioFile Magazine, May/June 2022)

A former nursery owner’s private garden canvas. (Maine Homes, Spring 2022)

A watercolorist plants a garden worth painting. (Down East Magazine, August 2021)

Passersby thank them for their garden oasis. (Down East Magazine, June 2021)

A second generation gardener’s gift to her community. (Maine Homes, Spring 2021)

Native plants restore a garden ravished by invasive weeds. (Maine Homes, July 2020)

On a city street, a flower dotted meadow is an unexpected delight. (Down East Magazine, May 2020)

Sherlock Holmes has my heart and ears. AudioFile Magazine, October/November 2017)

Foraging for food along the trail. Portland Trails Blog, October 2017)

What's the link between Stephen King and Annie Lamott? (AudioFile Magazine Blog, April 5, 2017)

Organic bouquets and free-range eggs. (Down East, July 2003)

The English Broads - lakes, not women. (New York Times, May 4, 2003)

Driving blue highways across southern Kansas leads to Oz. (NYT, Oct 13, 2002)

Hard - diagnosing tomato blight. Harder - diagnosing someone else's tomato blight. (Fine Gardening, July/Aug 2002)

Endive in the closet anyone? (Kitchen Garden, Dec/Jan 1999)

In northern New Mexico, even your husband's old t-shirts can be repurposed. (Piecework, March/April 1997)

Locals get together to preserve rural America. (Country Journal, November/December 1996)

Water-baths and home delivery in Taos, New Mexico. (Country Journal, January/February 1995)