the New Mexico-based author (or co-author) of 12 published books on travel,
self-transformation, natural history, creative aging, cooking, and gardening. His latest, The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat, is published by Yale University Press. Read an excerpt at TheJaguarsShadow.com or order direct:
an independent journalist who has contributed thousands of articles to hundreds of websites, radio programs, and print publications. Among these are National Public Radio, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Albuquerque Journal, Toronto Globe & Mail, Outside, Mother Jones, Southwest Art, Utne, Yoga Journal, and Body & Soul. Richard contributes regularly to New Mexico magazine and New Mexico Journey.
a columnist commenting on people, culture, and current events. His columns appear on blogs and websites, in newspapers and magazines, on radio and television, and opinion pages nationwide. Read samples of past Soutwest Storylines, My Secret Place, Letter from Santa Fe, or Un Poco de Todo columns here.
a media consultant who helps individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations meet varied communications needs. Services range from devising and implementing marketing strategies to writing, editing, graphic design, photography, layout, and production. Richard specializes in producing hard-copy and on-line newsletters. His clients have included the Belize Tourist Board, William James Association, Mindful Living Programs, Utne magazine, National Endowment for the Arts, and Upaya Institute.View examples of Richard's work at the Gila Resources Information Project and eMindful.com.
an editor whose portfolio includes projects for the Quivira Coalition, Trust for Public Land, Vallecitos Mountain Ranch, Conservation Fund, Susan Ives Communications, John Muir Publishing, Sierra Press, Stony Creek Publications, and Native Peoples magazine. (Click for samples.)
a fiction writer who draws on his life-long experience as a world traveler, radio disc jockey, stress reduction teacher, and spiritual explorer. Read a story or a novel excerpt by clicking here.
a human being who believes in embracing life fully, in the present moment and with enthusiasm. In that spirit, Richard has climbed mountains, navigated rapids, snorkeled reefs, kayaked oceans, learned foreign languages, explored great cities, traversed jungles, immersed himself in meditation retreats, and interviewed thousands of people, including politicians, movie stars, musicians, Nobel laureates, artists, inventors, moguls, doctors, lawyers, and Indian chiefs.
Communication invited via e-mail or P.O. Box 1055, Silver City, NM 88062
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be . . .
The people cannot be safe without information. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe."
