Reading Water with Becca Lawton
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Writing books that don't exist
Dearest ones,
As Toni Morrison said, “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”1 Forgive me for bringing it up again, but this case of the missing title is an evergreen issue.
The li...
The devil fools with all kinds of plans
Dearest ones,
It’s become a thing here in California: (1) schedule an April birds & words outing and (2) cancel an April birds & words outing due to (a) heavy, Noah-like rains or (b) devilish, lizard-skulking heat. No telling which.
Regr...
When too much is not enough
Dearest ones,
This morning it’s raining. Big news here in the West,1 where it’s drier than cotton. Today’s rain is soft and “female” and leaving big droplets on . . . leaves.
(Did I say “dry?” Or “A.I.”? Now we know that one can lead to t...
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Welcome.
You’ve found Reading Water. I’m so glad you’re here!
I’m Becca Lawton, author, fluvial geologist,
and retired Grand Canyon river guide.
Author at work, Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Photo 1983 Tim Turner.
If you’re m...
Making meaning of memoir
Dearest ones,
View from my February writing residency. Photo 2026 Rebecca Lawton.
In 2025, before our government bombed Iran again and thoroughly obfuscated the Ep$T31n crimes,1 I made a list about writing memoir:
(1) Memoir is a many-sp...
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Award-winning author, river guide, fluvial geologist • Allowing our words + lives to be shaped by wild nature + water • I'm writing Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison/U Nebraska, 2027), taking bird + creek walks, playing music with friends. And you?
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