WRITING
A Sampling of my essays, features and other writing over the years. Links to other essays and features can be found under the About Steve tab above.
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Canoeing the Connecticut. An account of the 17-part series I wrote for The Hartford Courant in 1991 while paddling the entire 410-mile long Connecticut River from the Canadian border to Long Island Sound.
A Swim for the Ages. Swimming in the Saco River in New Hampshire with my children when they were young.
The Only Civilized Form of Transportation. Some thoughts on canoe travel and conversation on a section of a great wild river where you see few other people.
My Own Little Wilderness. Why I love brooks.
A biographical sketch of Edwin Way Teale, the famous naturalist and author who wrote many of his books from his home in northeastern Connecticut.
Canoeing the Connecticut
Thirty-five years ago I put my canoe in the Connecticut River on the Canadian border and paddled my way to Long Island Sound, 410-miles south. I wrote dispatches from the river over the next five weeks.
Edwin Way Teale: a biographical sketch
Edwin Way Teale traveled throughout America with his wife, Nellie, exploring natural areas for his acclaimed American Seasons series of books. This is a view west from Cobble Mountain in Kent, New York’s Taconic Range and the Catskills in the distance.
A Swim for the Ages
My son, Scott, on our Saco River paddle in New Hampshire in 1995. We stopped on one of the beaches for a memorable time swimming.
The Only Civilized Form of Transportation
My son, Scott, as we paddled Chesuncook Lake, deep in the North Maine Woods. We paddled, we talked, finding a canoe the perfect vehicle for our conversations.
My Own Little Wilderness
A brook and a forest and you can have something approaching wilderness.