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I have been a writer and educator since the late 1980s, teaching literature and writing at universities and colleges from The University of Maine in Presque Isle, to Kalamazoo College, to Yale University. For my last decade, I taught full time at a small, private, K-12 school in Connecticut. I recently resigned from full-time teaching to focus on my own writing, which has appeared in a broad range of commercial and small press magazines—from Fly Fisherman and American Baby to The North Dakota Quarterly, Ploughshares, The Mississippi Review.

I recently learned that my book of essays grounded in my love of fly fishing, Two Thirds Water, will be published next year by Lyons Press.

I have recently launched my website, where you can learn more about me, find updates on my writing and request to use my services as a writing coach.

In this newsletter, I intend to offer readers creative reflections on the many things that interest me and inspire me to set pen to page. I will periodically excerpt more polished essays, stories and poems that I’ve written and hope to publish in magazines or as books. For any given post, I may write about my recent reconnection with the Adirondack Mountains, especially fly fishing its rivers and lakes, advice to writers (myself included) and educators, reflections on favorite poems, stories, novels, writers, the works of Ernest Hemingway, my own poetry and fiction…. I would love to hear your comments/feedback in the comments section at the end of each post, and I’ll do my best to respond to any questions. I plan to make 1-2 posts/week.

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I have put a lot of time and effort into getting this newsletter launched, and I hope to continue using it as a way to grow my readership and share my musings. While all posts are currently free, if you enjoy the newsletter, I would greatly appreciate it if you join as a paid subscription. For about the price of an OK beer, a mediocre sandwich or a gallon and a half of gasoline a month (depending on the month), you can make a big difference in helping me pay my bills. Please do take a few moments and share a link on your own social media accounts and with others you think might enjoy it. Thanks!

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I am a writer, outdoorsman, fly fisherman, cyclist, guitarist. I have published broadly: creative nonfiction in The Flyfisher, Fly Fisherman and Fly Rod and Reel, poems and short stories, and essays on the works of Hemingway.