Selected essays 

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"Digging Basil's Grave" The Boston Globe, July 4, 2024

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"What Was That White Bird?"  Pittsburgh Quarterly, Spring 2024

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“An Ode to Snow Days” Hartford Courant, February 23, 2024

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"When the rains come" Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 2024​

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"What a Search for the Signs of Spring Reveals" The New York Times, March 23, 2024

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"As My Dog Grows Old, So Do I" The Boston Globe, January 21, 2024

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"What Would Rachel Carson Say" Pittsburgh Quarterly, Winter 2024

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"Chanterelles" Pittsburgh Quarterly, Winter 2024

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"What I learned from my compost heap" The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2023

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"The Common Snapping Turtle" Pittsburgh Quarterly, Fall 2023

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"One Lone Bat" Pittsburgh Quarterly, Summer 2023

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"What You Discover When You Garden at Night" The New York Times, August 8, 2023

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"An Avian Murder Case on a Quiet Back Porch" The New York Times, June 2, 2023

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"Spring Blooming Plants Blooming in Fall" ​Pittsburgh Quarterly, Winter 2023

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"Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple" The New York Times, November 28, 2022

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"A garden must be put to bed, too" The Boston Globe, October 7, 2022

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"On a Pennsylvania Farm, ‘Nature Is Not Just Carrying On" The New York Times, June 21, 2020

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"The Last Person to See My Father Alive" The New York Times, July 10, 2018

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