I live, garden, photograph and write along the central Kentucky-Tennessee border. I write with concern for my 20-something kids and all the generations that I hope follow me and them. Here's what I'll say over and over: connect to nature; know what soil smells like; plant native plants; stop spraying chemicals; and clean up the trash. I'll also say be intrigued by the natural world because it's changing and we need to remember. 

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When I'm not holding my camera, I'm stratifying and starting wildflowers for friends and community - growing goldenrods for the beetles, ironweed for the swallowtails, mountain mint for the wasps, Joe Pye for the moths and on and on.