National Parks Visited
Wherever I go, I like to visit significant natural areas and historic sites. I have memories from visits to more…
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Norberg, 2018
During a 10-day visit to Sweden I visited Norberg, the home parish of my paternal grandfather Carl Albin Jacobsson. The…
Västergötland, 2018
My paternal grandmother, Anna Vitalia Lindquist, and her sister Augusta Ottilia Lindquist–my great aunt “Guttie”–emigrated from southwestern Sweden in 1901…
Gone, But Not Forgotten
. I come here occasionally to visit old “friends.”
Stigmanspasset, Tivedens Nationalpark
Tivedens nationalpark is located in southern Sweden’s wildest forests. The area is strewn with glacial erratic boulders and cut by…
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
It has been my pleasure to collaborate with Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation (AWWF) and Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands…
Country Dance
I began square dancing when I was age 11, at the invite of David Maciorowski, and danced regularly through high…
Boston Harbor Islands
I’m proud of my work with many partners and friends at Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. One of…
Friends in Maine
Acadia. Baxter. Allagash. These are places of wildness and beauty where visitors seek renewal. They are the premier wildland recreation…
Walk in the Footsteps at l’île Sainte-Croix
I led management planning for Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, including a long-range interpretive plan. One result was a…
How A Forester Became A Facilitator
During a college course on dendrology—from dendr (related to trees) and ology (a branch of learning)—I sensed that forestry would…
Communities of Practice
It was fun helping National Park Service administrators in the Northeast exchange ideas. I prepared the following video to introduce…