Walking in the Woods

The late historian Dr. Daniel Boorstin often remarked that all great historical writing is biography. Kay Turnbaugh's writing epitomizes that by bringing the personalities of Western history to life. Storytelling excellence.

- Jeff Ikler

Sue is an experienced environmental advocate. She writes, teaches, speaks, organizes, and lobbies for life-affirming change. After reading Sue's book, Advocating for the Environment: How to Gather Your Power and Take Action, I scheduled her for an interview on my podcast. https://bit.ly/3FL9WLR We recently interviewed Peter Byck, an award-winning environmental filmmaker — https://bit.ly/3SOsbD2 —on his experiment with a type of cattle raising that may benefit farmers and the environment.

- Jeff Ikler

I look forward to Byron's weekly thoughts. They always make me think about my life, my pursuits, my unnecessary anxieties.

- Jeff Ikler

I love how Cindy sees and weaves the smallest of details in life into a story that makes me pause. Her writing urges me to slow down and pay attention to what I'm paying attention to.

- Jeff Ikler

Melissa Hughes is curious, passionate, and big-hearted, and her writing reflects those qualities. I look forward to her writing because it does what good writing should do: it makes me think, it makes me better. I heartily recommend her.

- Jeff Ikler

There are several good Substacks on the craft of writing. This is one of the best I've come across. It's instructive, lively, personal, and often story-based. I always leave knowing something I didn't know before.

- Jeff Ikler