Upcoming events:

• Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - Westward I Go Free reading and talk at the South Hadley Public Library, 27 Bardwell Street, South Hadley, Massachusetts, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

• Saturday, March 9, 2013 - Westward I Go Free talk with the "Of Bogs and Books" discussion group at Volo Bog State Natural Area, 28478 West Brandenburg, Ingleside, Illinois, beginning at 10 a.m.

• Thursday, March 14, 2013 - "Henry David Thoreau's Journey West:  A Travelogue."  At the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 525 South Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, beginning at 7 p.m.

• Saturday, March 16, 2013 - Westward I Go Free reading and talk at the Tsongas Gallery at the Shop at Walden Pond, 915 Walden Street, Concord, Massachusetts, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

• Sunday, March 24, 2013 - "Thoreau, Boxborough, & the Fitchburg Railroad."  Speech at the Annual Potluck Supper of the Boxborough Historical Society, Boxborough Town Hall, 29 Middle Road, Boxborough, Massachusetts.  Dinner is served at 5 p.m. [re-scheduled from February 24, due to snow]

• Saturday, May 18, 2013 - "When Henry Thoreau Saw the Pine Bush:  A Transcendental Travelogue." At the Lupine 2013 Fest at the Albany Pine Bush, 195 New Karener Road, Albany, New York.

• Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - "When Henry Thoreau Came to Michigan:  A Transcendental Travelogue."  At the Leland Township Library, 203 East Cedar Street, Leland, Michigan, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

• Friday, July 26, 2013 - Westward I Go Free reading and talk at the Mackinac Island Public Library, 903 Huron Street, Mackinac Island, Michigan.

• Thursday, September 19, 2013 - "Westward I Go Free:  A Transcendental Travelogue."  At the Bigelow Free Public Library, 54 Walnut Street, Clinton, Massachusetts, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

• Saturday, November 16, 2013 - "Seeking Wildness."  Bring your journal or sketchbook and join me for a saunter, beginning at the Thoreau Farm Birthplace, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts, from 9 a.m. until noon.