Reading Water with Becca Lawton
Becca LawtonA monthly newsletter by Rebecca Lawton (Becca), author, fluvial geologist, Grand Canyon river guide. Writing and living that's informed by reading the deep ways of water. New book: Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison, 2027).
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Reading Water News | August 2026
Dearest ones,
Welcome new subscribers! Helloes to you and to readers who have been with me a while. I’m happy to be connected here. For myself, I’m still in the years-long process of writing memoir—and facing the twin challenges of (1) mak...
Field note no. 9
Dearest ones,
Today our valley is not on fire as we walk through wildlands, where battle scars surround us.
Fire sculpture where mourning doves perch and rest. Photo © 2026 Rebecca Lawton.
The cool of the morning reminds us that days are...
Field note no. 8
Dear ones,
Greetings from my weekly field trip, which explored my wee bit o’ home turf. (“The most radical thing you can do,” said Gary Snyder, “is stay home.”1) Herein I write from the radical act of homing.
On breaks from writing, I fou...
Field note no. 7
Dearest ones,
Steelhead and I celebrated the nation’s 250th looking for snowy plovers on a remote beach. Our search began among tall grasses, saltwater lagoons, and coastal scrub, with views of scattered dairy farms and a marine layer that...
What to do when you've finished
Dearest ones,
So surprising to sit down to post again on the six steps of writing memoir and realize I’d written them all—six steps sent out into the world, free as birds.
Free and soaring. Photograph 2026 Rebecca Lawton.
Has this ever h...
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Rebecca Lawton (Becca), author, fluvial geologist, Grand Canyon river guide. Aspiring bodhisattva. Writing & living that's informed by reading the deep ways of water. New book: Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison, 2027).
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