by Pamela Beason | Jul 1, 2013 | General, Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
In my books, my characters are often trying to find the place where they feel they belong. Aren’t we all? A few people are lucky enough to start off in the perfect location with the perfect family and community; they feel like that’s where they belong from...
by Pamela Beason | Mar 8, 2013 | Everyday Chaos, General, Natural Wonders
Every time I see an article about backcountry travel that lists the classic ten essentials (first drummed into all northwesterners by the Mountaineers), I shake my head in disbelief. Map, compass, sunglasses and sunscreen, extra clothing, headlamp/flashlight,...
by Pamela Beason | Jan 7, 2013 | Natural Wonders
I recently returned from a safari trip to Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. My group stayed in remote bush camps with no fences; the animals wandered among our tent cabins at will. We heard lions and hyenas all night long; one morning ten of them surrounded the tent...
by Pamela Beason | Oct 1, 2012 | Musings, Natural Wonders
September 29 was National Public Lands Day in the U.S. You probably missed it, like millions of other Americans–it’s not promoted as a national holiday to celebrate. But it should be. We are unique among nations in that our government had the foresight to...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 27, 2012 | Natural Wonders
My novel BEAR BAIT, the second in my Summer Westin mystery series, will be out October 2, so recently I’ve felt the need to revisit Olympic National Park and the surrounding national forests, which I used as the setting for that story. Olympic National Park, one...
by Pamela Beason | Jun 6, 2012 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
When I was a teenager, I bought my horse Comanche, and I then spent a lot of the next two years exploring the Oklahoma countryside on horseback with my friend Kristy and her horse. The times I spent outdoors with Comanche are some of my fondest memories of childhood,...