LauraAug 10, 20201 minCreating a Future-Facing Fossil HallMy colleague Siobhan Starrs and I wrote this piece about interpreting human-caused change in one of the world's most-visited dinosaur...
LauraJul 11, 20181 minHeartbeat [Originally published in Literary Mama] With gentle precision she placed the ultrasound wand and focused on the screen. She paused. Then...
LauraAug 1, 20171 minNarwhals, Narwhals, Swimming in the....Smithsonian?[From Smithsonian Voices blog] It’s almost spooky inside the Smithsonian’s Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland—shadowy and...
LauraMar 7, 20171 minTree Fall[Winner of the 2016 Montgomery Writes! Contest in the creative non-fiction category] The tree was a pin oak, it turned out. I had figured...