“I took a step back in time when I arrived in the Squam Lakes region, where the historically protected farmhouses coupled with the environmentally-conscious residents make for a spectacular place and a close-knit community.”

“I am looking forward to the next time I get stranded out on Calypso.”

“Butter, sugar, flour, a teaspoon of flexibility, a drop of open mindedness, and a heaping tablespoon of self reflection.

The recipe for success changes as fluidly and rapidly as water boils, steams, and condenses on the lid of a pot.”

“The last time I wrote a conservation journal the ground was laden with snow, and I was

expecting to soon leave the Squam range for taller and snowier mountain ranges.”

“I love to journey through the roadmap of a word’s etymology. I love to take the heavy-
laden letters, dusted in timeworn layers, dripping with meaning and history, wipe them
off and wring them dry until left with the origin.”

“I like ‘weird’ things.”

“…I picked up an eastern red-spotted newt that had been hanging out under the leaves and ashes in our fire pit. […] I quietly asked him if he was really a peasant turned into a newt by a witch, but I didn’t get much of a response.”

“We gazed up into the sky as the full moon reflected off the mirror like water. There was no wind, everything felt peaceful, and the loons were singing back and forth to each other.”

“Consider what happens when a stone is dropped into a small pond of lily pads. As the water ripples away from the spot it was thrown into, it reaches and affects every individual lily pad within its range.“

“As I continue on my conservation journey in a new place, I am constantly faced with changes and challenges, yet it’s often said that challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”