My recent book, with photos by Meghan Cassidy, has been the focus of some recent events, including the upcoming Trinity River Book Festival. The book describes the benefits of spending time in nature, in particular when practicing mindfulness in the woods, prairies, wetlands, and so on. The second half of the book is about Meghan’s and my travels to various places in Texas, what it was like to experience those places mindfully, and a little of the natural history of the places and some of their wildlife.

I will be at Trinity River Book Festival this Saturday, September 14, from about 11am to 1pm. There will be a panel at 12:00 noon featuring me, Amy Martin (author of Wild DFW) and T.D. Motley (author of The Art of Farming), and moderated by Dana Austin.

The panel is titled “Discovering the Hidden Wonders of Texas Wildlife,” and I think the way that works is that Amy will talk about places around the metroplex where you can see hidden wildlife and I will talk about being there mindfully so that you might really notice the wildlife and experience it more fully. Motley’s book is a novel, “a hopeful tale about stewardship of the land, the animals, and of each other,” according to Texas A&M University Press.

The panel length is short, but I’ll be around and The Dock Bookshop, the official bookseller for the event, will have some copies you can buy. I’ll be glad to sign it, if you like. Come say “hi”!

The Festival is held in Trinity Park, 2301 West Seventh Street, Fort Worth.