Category: Nature Writing

For many years before I became a working journalist, nature writing was a balm for my soul, the ability to express what I saw healing. Many of the essays I’ve crafted that are published her on The Modern Salonière were recorded in my writer’s notebooks over the years and then fleshed out when I had the time required to work on them. I don’t often know where I will publish them when they come to me—two examples lately are an exploration of a day spent in the Appalachians for an Earth Day post, and a piece that brought me a heartfelt experience during a beach mass in Costa Rica.

Art photography was the inspiration for a post about zipping through Italy on a train, enjoying the nature beyond the window. And being in Maine had me channeling Rachel Carson, whose writings on nature are some of the most powerful ever to be penned. After seeing an exhibition dedicated to her at the New York Botanical Gardens, Beatrix Farrand was the inspiration for another post. I hope you enjoy them if you choose to click through to them!