I like to write essays which report and reflect on connections: Connections among humans, nature, and spirit. Connections among people and ideas.
One of my favorite themes is how to live balancing—balancing inside and out, past and future, quick and slow—what Hopi people and Daoism call the Middle Way. For some samples of this, please enjoy the essays:
You can also see a selected list of my Publications and Grants. |
Sailing Between Sea and Sky: What I Learned from the Ocean about Life on Earth is a Finalist in the 2025 Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards! Editors called Finalist manuscripts "more than worthy of publication." In particular, they admired my memoir Sailing Between Sea and Sky for its "meticulous research" and its rich subject. For a glimpse of the tone and style of Sailing Between and Sky, please enjoy the excerpt on this website from my essay
which appeared in
Catamaran Literary Reader, issue 30 Fall 2020 Calm waters off Greenland © Phyllis Thompson
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The Southern Ocean © Eef Willems