Hello again. These past two weeks I found it impossible to function normally beyond taking care of myself. As the number of cases and deaths from the virus continued to increase exponentially around the globe, I found myself sucked into my inte

Living on the Edge of Death: EP012

Apr 2nd, 2020 16m 6s

I hope you all had a good week, considering the circumstances. A week where you were able to take good care of yourselves and found a way to alleviate some of the stress that you are most likely under right now.I had a week that felt like a r

Self Care During the Crisis: EP011

Mar 24th, 2020 17m 11s

This past week I have found it very difficult to function, as I am sure most of you who are listening to this podcast have found as well. So, I took some time off in order to focus a bit on some self care.The entire world has been upended by

Forgiveness: EP010

Mar 10th, 2020 17m 30s

Nature was my safe space when I was a child. Whether I was sitting on the top of a mountain, hanging out by the side of a glacial lake, or lying on my back in a meadow looking up at the clouds, it made me feel as though everything in my life wo

Staring Down the Barrel: EP009

Mar 3rd, 2020 15m 24s

Nature has its own special type of silence. When I am alone, embraced by it, there is no true absence of sound. On the contrary, you can still hear the breath of the wind as it exhales through the trees. Songbirds create a pleasing hallelujah c

Nature Is My Religion: EP008

Feb 25th, 2020 17m 20s

This episode I’m going to start things off a little bit differently. I’m going to read a chapter from my upcoming book of essays, Walking on the Edge of Crazy. This essay is titled “Of Demons and Angels.” I also want to say before I start, that

Healing Waters: EP007

Feb 18th, 2020 17m 40s

There is a seasonal creek that sits right below the cabin. It runs full and swift during the Spring runoff once the temperatures begin to rise, which usually occurs sometime in April. Several small waterfalls form and the sounds are soothing an

Lost in the Wilderness: EP006

Feb 11th, 2020 15m 5s

Many years ago, I was involved in a search and rescue party. This was for a teenage girl who had run away from the private residential school, where I was working at the time. The school sat on 500 forested acres and was far from a highway and

Under the Heavens: EP005

Feb 4th, 2020 17m 30s

I don’t know how many of you have had the opportunity to remove yourself from the light pollution of the cities and stand under the breathtaking canopy of the heavens on a moonless night. If you have not, I implore you to put this on your bucke

Scaling Mountains: EP004

Jan 28th, 2020 17m 58s

Many years ago now, I decided to make a journey back to my home town to do some backpacking and a solo climb of one of my favorite 13,000 foot peaks. I had been living in the crowded suburbs for 24 years at that point, but took every chance I h

Lessons From Wildlife: EP003

Jan 21st, 2020 24m 20s

In early October of this year, I noticed a red squirrel working frantically to gather seeds from the cones of a large pine that towers over a little shed just beyond the cabin. All day long for several weeks, it would scamper up the trunk to th

Who Am I? EP002

Jan 14th, 2020 13m 38s

So, who am I? I am an artist, a writer, an educator, and a bit of a techie. That’s a simple way to describe what I do with my life, but those things are not really who I am. I do feel great joy when I am painting, or turning wood, writing chapt

A Woman in the Woods Introduction: EP001

Jan 7th, 2020 7m 27s

I sit here in a little cabin in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, just shy of the Canadian border. I am surrounded by the serenity of nature and far removed from the noise and frenetic energy of the big city. My life is not perfect, but my st

A Woman in the Woods Podcast Teaser: Ep0

Dec 31st, 2019

This teaser is an introduction to A Woman in the Woods podcast, hosted by award-winning photographer, author, artist, and educator, Tracy J. Thomas. Subscribe to this podcast to follow Tracy on her journey living in a little cabin in the woods