living-wild

Nov
27
Rows of grocery store shelves sit largely empty except for only a few packages of bread.

Lessons in Coping With Scarcity and Uncertainty

What the book does show is the need to help each other out when we’re in trouble. Roxy, Rufus, and Renae don’t just befriend the other raccoons — they help another mom and kit out of a bad jam. In turn, they’re helped out of their own jams.
4 min read
Feb
17
A fallen log lies across a wasteland of clearcut forest on a hill.

Raccoon Retreat: Baby Raccoon Dystopia

As Raccoon Retreat, the sequel to Raccoon Rescue, heads into production, I’m recalling exactly what an unexpected slog it
4 min read
Jan
20
A wooden Little Free Library box painted red and white

One Way a Free Book Exchange Helps Indie Authors — and Literacy

I haven’t been putting a lot of attention towards marketing lately, either for Raccoon Rescue or for Raccoon Retreat
2 min read
Sep
01
A baby raccoon looks up at the camera from amid discarded newspaper and cardboard.

Coexistence Perspectives From Wildlife Experts

[Back when I had a Facebook account] I follow[ed] a lot of wildlife rehabbers. Like, A LOT. More than
4 min read
May
10
A banner of LGBTQIA+, pansexual, transgender, asexual, & lesbian Pride flags hangs over the Drag Queen Story Hour protest.

Raccoons, Teachers, Drag Queens… and Me

Children’s Book Week (the 100th anniversary, yet!) snuck up on me this year. I should have created a raft
5 min read