Michiela Thuman
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Review: In ‘Shelter and Storm,’ a woman puts her mark on Wisconsin’s Driftless Area
Local nonfiction: ... while wondering if it really makes a difference.
April 14, 2025
![Brad Thacher cast into a stretch of the South Fork Root River as he fly fished for trout. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Driftless Fly Fishing Company guide Brennen Churchill and store employee Brad Thacher fished the trout streams of the The "Driftless Area" for brown, brook, and rainbow trout Friday, May 8, 2020 in the southeastern corner of Minnesota.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/OM3Y5LZPGXR4I4KE55KIQCD7JE.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Review: 'Walking: One Step at a Time,' by Erling Kagge
NONFICTION: A noted writer explores the transformative experience of taking a walk.
May 22, 2019
REVIEW: 'The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors,' by David George Haskell
NONFICTION: This lush book examines the power and the stories of 12 types of trees.
March 31, 2017
Review: 'The Shepherd's View,' by James Rebanks
NONFICTION: British shepherd James Rebanks' second book is ripe with photos, philosophy and his love of the land.
October 21, 2016
Review: 'The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life,' by Natalie Goldberg
NONFICTION: Natalie Goldberg, author of "Writing Down the Bones," looks back on her life's telling journeys.
June 12, 2016
Review: 'The Shepherd's Life,' by James Rebanks; farmer/poet's many followers
NONFICTION: A gifted and tech-savvy farmer/poet gives a wise and romantic recount of the seasons in the land of Wordsworth.
July 19, 2015
