Richard Mahler
Writer, Editor, Stress Reduction Teacher, and Media Consultant

What's New...

• Southwest Storylines, my column about the most interesting people in southwestern New Mexico, is published in Desert Exposure, the best little monthly newspaper in the region. Here is a sample column.
  
  
• My blog on wildlife matters for Audubon Magazine. See my postings here, at Audubon's website blog, The Perch.
  
  
• The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat, a 2009-released book from Yale University Press that details my six-year quest to see the largest cat in the Americas in the wild. Learn more, order a copy, check out reviews, and read much of the first chapter at www.TheJaguarsShadow.com.
  
  
• Ongoing articles and interviews with various folks doing innovative things in the realm of mindfulness meditation and related research, particularly individuals working in the health professions. Check it out under Mindful Musings at Kelley McCabe's highly useful eMindful.com.
  
  
• My article in the February 27, 2009, edition of the Christian Science Monitor newspaper about the work of audio ecologist Gordon Hempton.
  
  
• My piece in the February 2010 issue of New Mexico magazine about renovation of the 1900's-era Silver City, NM, Palace Hotel into a gorgeous European style accommodation.
  
  
• An updated edition of Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer: Staying Creative, Alive, and Involved in Midlife and Beyond, co-authored with Connie Goldman, was released by Fairview Press in September 2007. The book, with a new chapter on late-life work, is available for $14.95 at Amazon.com and other on-line locations. Amazon lets you browse sample pages and read an excerpt.
  
  
• My essay on the importance of preserving silence in nature was published in Thrillcraft: The Environmental Consequences of Motorized Recreation by the Foundation for Deep Ecology (Chelsea Green books) in autumn 2007. Read an excerpt from my essay here.
  
  
• My feature article on the relationship between jaguars and various indigenous people of the Americas was in the SEPT/OCT 2007 issue of Native Peoples magazine. Another set of articles about jaguars, adapted from my August 2009 book, The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat, is be found at www.planeta.com. (Click here to order a copy of The Jaguar's Shadow.)
  
  
• My personally guided walking tours of downtown historic Silver City, New Mexico, a little mining town full of art galleries, biker bars, architectural marvels, friendly restaurants, and funky coffee shops where "old hippies" and 'skater dudes" hang out. Here's my website for this venture: www.SilverCityWalks.com.
  
  
• My radio essays about the flora, fauna, and cultural traditions of the Colorado Plateau's high desert in KNAU-FM's EarthNotes: Exploring the Southwest's Canyon Country From the Airwaves (see the program's website or Books) or Amazon.com.
  
  
• The updated second edition of Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit has been released in a larger and easier-to-read format, beautifully designed and printed by Nodin Press. Co-authored with former National Public Radio reporter Connie Goldman, Tending the Earth is a great gift item for any gardener and retails for $16.95 at Amazon.com. See Books page for an excerpt and description.