Helena Guglielmino
@ghoul-you-meano.bsky.social
The Walking Writer. Read along at www.storiesbyhelena.com
Where are my adventurous Reno/Tahoe folks at?! I wrote this local hiking guide for YOU.
Urban Trails: Reno highlights 42 trails in the Reno/Sparks area along with local lore, histories, and lessons in geology, flora, and fauna.
Available for pre-order now!
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
Urban Trails: Reno highlights 42 trails in the Reno/Sparks area along with local lore, histories, and lessons in geology, flora, and fauna.
Available for pre-order now!
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
Urban Trails: Reno: Galena * North Valleys * Washoe Valley * City Parks
The best trails near and within the Biggest Little City!
www.mountaineers.org
August 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Where are my adventurous Reno/Tahoe folks at?! I wrote this local hiking guide for YOU.
Urban Trails: Reno highlights 42 trails in the Reno/Sparks area along with local lore, histories, and lessons in geology, flora, and fauna.
Available for pre-order now!
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
Urban Trails: Reno highlights 42 trails in the Reno/Sparks area along with local lore, histories, and lessons in geology, flora, and fauna.
Available for pre-order now!
www.mountaineers.org/books/books/...
For land’s sake: The Death Valley billboards that appeared in Reno are part of a labor advocacy group’s efforts to rally opposition to DOGE cuts
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For land’s sake: The Death Valley billboards that appeared in Reno are part of a labor advocacy group’s efforts to rally opposition to DOGE cuts
In May, billboards appeared in Reno depicting Death Valley National Park. Their purpose was to encourage public interest in fighting back against the recent Department of Government Efficiency cuts…
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June 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
For land’s sake: The Death Valley billboards that appeared in Reno are part of a labor advocacy group’s efforts to rally opposition to DOGE cuts
renonr.com/2025/06/07/f...
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There’s still time to sign up for the final Trails to Tales event in March!
Join us: sierraarts.org/event/trails...
Join us: sierraarts.org/event/trails...
Trails to Tales • Evans Creek March 23rd – Sierra Arts Foundationbaseline-place-24px
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March 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There’s still time to sign up for the final Trails to Tales event in March!
Join us: sierraarts.org/event/trails...
Join us: sierraarts.org/event/trails...
“People expect bleakness, but it is the opposite. It gives you hope for the future,” Debra Martwick says.
This inspiring interview shows how hope can be found even in the wake of devastating fires.
www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/post-fi...
This inspiring interview shows how hope can be found even in the wake of devastating fires.
www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/post-fi...
Post-fire Big Basin offers visitors a "forest of hope" | Save the Redwoods League
Nearly five years have passed since the CZU Lightning Complex fires devastated Big Basin Redwoods State Park, but many people are still keeping their
www.savetheredwoods.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“People expect bleakness, but it is the opposite. It gives you hope for the future,” Debra Martwick says.
This inspiring interview shows how hope can be found even in the wake of devastating fires.
www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/post-fi...
This inspiring interview shows how hope can be found even in the wake of devastating fires.
www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/post-fi...
“‘This sustainable development sounds to me like they just want to be able to keep on taking like they always have. It’s always about taking … our first thoughts are not What can we take? But What can we give to Mother Earth?’”
- Robin Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
- Robin Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“‘This sustainable development sounds to me like they just want to be able to keep on taking like they always have. It’s always about taking … our first thoughts are not What can we take? But What can we give to Mother Earth?’”
- Robin Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
- Robin Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
"Rather than humans vying against other species, it is now our ideas that compete for the resources of the human mind: namely, our attention."
www.noemamag.com/are-we-accid...
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Are We Accidentally Building A Planetary Brain? | NOEMA
From superorganisms to superintelligences, how studying crabs could reveal that we are unintentionally building an artificial world brain.
www.noemamag.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Rather than humans vying against other species, it is now our ideas that compete for the resources of the human mind: namely, our attention."
www.noemamag.com/are-we-accid...
@noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/are-we-accid...
@noemamag.com
“I was transfixed. I'd never seen a hound be a hound before. He was doing exactly what he needed to be doing. He was tired but joyful. He was late but getting there. Lost but catching up.”
Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
February 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“I was transfixed. I'd never seen a hound be a hound before. He was doing exactly what he needed to be doing. He was tired but joyful. He was late but getting there. Lost but catching up.”
Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Vesper Flights
RENO folks: this writing workshop is FREE and sounds like a great way to get creative over the weekend: www.nevadahumanities.org/events/wild-...
Wild Western Wordsmiths — Nevada Humanities
February 23, 2025 The Holland Project, Reno
www.nevadahumanities.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
RENO folks: this writing workshop is FREE and sounds like a great way to get creative over the weekend: www.nevadahumanities.org/events/wild-...
New Year’s resolution: gratitude for what we’ve got. In the past, gratitude has unlocked worlds for me. But it’s a practice & requires patience.
Full article on @renonewsreview.bsky.social
Read it now: renonr.com/2024/12/31/n...
Full article on @renonewsreview.bsky.social
Read it now: renonr.com/2024/12/31/n...
January 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New Year’s resolution: gratitude for what we’ve got. In the past, gratitude has unlocked worlds for me. But it’s a practice & requires patience.
Full article on @renonewsreview.bsky.social
Read it now: renonr.com/2024/12/31/n...
Full article on @renonewsreview.bsky.social
Read it now: renonr.com/2024/12/31/n...
I love outdoor adventure in winter, things are much quieter and peaceful.
Winter is an amazing time to visit the Redwoods. Silent, moody, beautiful. Plus, tons of mushrooms and even some flowers!
Here are five wintery redwood hikes I recommend: www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/5-wonde...
Winter is an amazing time to visit the Redwoods. Silent, moody, beautiful. Plus, tons of mushrooms and even some flowers!
Here are five wintery redwood hikes I recommend: www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/5-wonde...
5 wonderful winter hikes in the redwood forest
Something magical happens to California’s redwood forests during winter. Clouds insulate the trees from the outside world, making a walk among these giants feel cozy and nostalgic. The rains conjure u...
www.savetheredwoods.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I love outdoor adventure in winter, things are much quieter and peaceful.
Winter is an amazing time to visit the Redwoods. Silent, moody, beautiful. Plus, tons of mushrooms and even some flowers!
Here are five wintery redwood hikes I recommend: www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/5-wonde...
Winter is an amazing time to visit the Redwoods. Silent, moody, beautiful. Plus, tons of mushrooms and even some flowers!
Here are five wintery redwood hikes I recommend: www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/5-wonde...
What I want my new year to look like: discovering granular gratitude on a frustrating hike.
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New year, new attitude: At first, the local landscape looked like it was ready to shred me; now it looks like home
Hiking in a ferocious wind annoyed our outdoor scribe quite a bit. But then, she realized how many blessings there were to count.
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January 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What I want my new year to look like: discovering granular gratitude on a frustrating hike.
renonr.com/2024/12/31/n...
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Here are the thoughts and events that happen during 12 hours posted in the wilderness as a trail crew member.
Read the full article on page 9 of the December 2024 edition of the Trail Blazer Magazine: tahoerimtrail.org/trail-blazer...
Read the full article on page 9 of the December 2024 edition of the Trail Blazer Magazine: tahoerimtrail.org/trail-blazer...
December 18, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Here are the thoughts and events that happen during 12 hours posted in the wilderness as a trail crew member.
Read the full article on page 9 of the December 2024 edition of the Trail Blazer Magazine: tahoerimtrail.org/trail-blazer...
Read the full article on page 9 of the December 2024 edition of the Trail Blazer Magazine: tahoerimtrail.org/trail-blazer...
NEWSLETTER REC: Sonia's Poems of the Week. This week, she shared Hirshfield's Autumn:
"Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment."
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"Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment."
Sign up: mailchi.mp/5a2a7b209c44...
Sonia's Poem of the Week
One good poem a week + commentary.
mailchi.mp
December 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM
NEWSLETTER REC: Sonia's Poems of the Week. This week, she shared Hirshfield's Autumn:
"Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment."
Sign up: mailchi.mp/5a2a7b209c44...
"Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment."
Sign up: mailchi.mp/5a2a7b209c44...
Reposted by Helena Guglielmino
Wishing everyone a happy #WorldSoilDay!
My favorite soil fact is that, as long as it’s not submerged in water, any given soil is probably consuming methane from the atmosphere. Yup, even in the desert! Pictured: a Mojave field site where I’ve measured active microbial CH4 uptake from the air. 🌍🧪🦠
My favorite soil fact is that, as long as it’s not submerged in water, any given soil is probably consuming methane from the atmosphere. Yup, even in the desert! Pictured: a Mojave field site where I’ve measured active microbial CH4 uptake from the air. 🌍🧪🦠
December 6, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Wishing everyone a happy #WorldSoilDay!
My favorite soil fact is that, as long as it’s not submerged in water, any given soil is probably consuming methane from the atmosphere. Yup, even in the desert! Pictured: a Mojave field site where I’ve measured active microbial CH4 uptake from the air. 🌍🧪🦠
My favorite soil fact is that, as long as it’s not submerged in water, any given soil is probably consuming methane from the atmosphere. Yup, even in the desert! Pictured: a Mojave field site where I’ve measured active microbial CH4 uptake from the air. 🌍🧪🦠
We saw a bobcat along the neighborhood trail this morning. We left it alone and it ran away from us, but it’s a great reminder that we share this wild place. 🐈
Here’s an article I wrote about bears in Reno - many were surprised to hear they also roam the area.
renonr.com/2024/08/18/b...
Here’s an article I wrote about bears in Reno - many were surprised to hear they also roam the area.
renonr.com/2024/08/18/b...
Bears in the city: Black bears and humans are meeting somewhat often these days
Each year, NDOW receives an average of 500-700 calls to report bear sightings. Most of them involve bears getting into unsecured trash bins.
renonr.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
We saw a bobcat along the neighborhood trail this morning. We left it alone and it ran away from us, but it’s a great reminder that we share this wild place. 🐈
Here’s an article I wrote about bears in Reno - many were surprised to hear they also roam the area.
renonr.com/2024/08/18/b...
Here’s an article I wrote about bears in Reno - many were surprised to hear they also roam the area.
renonr.com/2024/08/18/b...
The majority of our trails are built by volunteers and nonprofit orgs and they need help. Give back by volunteering.
RENO ORGS:
www.tmparksfoundation.org/volunteer
tahoepyramidtrail.org/volunteer/
www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_of_...
NATIONAL ORGS:
americanhiking.org/get-involved/
RENO ORGS:
www.tmparksfoundation.org/volunteer
tahoepyramidtrail.org/volunteer/
www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_of_...
NATIONAL ORGS:
americanhiking.org/get-involved/
November 22, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The majority of our trails are built by volunteers and nonprofit orgs and they need help. Give back by volunteering.
RENO ORGS:
www.tmparksfoundation.org/volunteer
tahoepyramidtrail.org/volunteer/
www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_of_...
NATIONAL ORGS:
americanhiking.org/get-involved/
RENO ORGS:
www.tmparksfoundation.org/volunteer
tahoepyramidtrail.org/volunteer/
www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_of_...
NATIONAL ORGS:
americanhiking.org/get-involved/
Reposted by Helena Guglielmino
Wolves return to the Sierra Nevadas. A century ago there were thousands of wolves, all exterminated by settlers.
Until a decade ago there were no California wolves left.
Now nine active gray wolf families roam in the state.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Until a decade ago there were no California wolves left.
Now nine active gray wolf families roam in the state.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
New ‘Diamond’ wolf pack discovered 50 miles from Lake Tahoe in California
The ninth active wolf pack in California has been found north of Lake Tahoe, continuing the predator’s extraordinary conservation story.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Wolves return to the Sierra Nevadas. A century ago there were thousands of wolves, all exterminated by settlers.
Until a decade ago there were no California wolves left.
Now nine active gray wolf families roam in the state.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Until a decade ago there were no California wolves left.
Now nine active gray wolf families roam in the state.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Reposted by Helena Guglielmino
We've been tracking global suppression of climate protest for a couple years now -- the tactic of using anti-terror laws to go after environmental orgs is an old one (started by the U.S., which used it to go after ELF back in the day), but it's about to get worse: www.levernews.com/gop-takes-fi...
GOP Takes First Steps To Shut Down Climate Groups
Democrats are helping give Trump the power to wipe out enemy nonprofits — and there’s already a road map on how to defund clean energy groups.
www.levernews.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
We've been tracking global suppression of climate protest for a couple years now -- the tactic of using anti-terror laws to go after environmental orgs is an old one (started by the U.S., which used it to go after ELF back in the day), but it's about to get worse: www.levernews.com/gop-takes-fi...
I don’t know why but these mushrooms make me feel a little bit better on this low-energy day 😂 can you relate?
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I don’t know why but these mushrooms make me feel a little bit better on this low-energy day 😂 can you relate?
Reposted by Helena Guglielmino
I've been struggling to write lately due to publishing setbacks and lack of confidence. I've found a few things that help and thought I'd share. Please tell me what works for you.
- Setting word targets
- Getting outside and exercising
- Absorbing all sorts of art
- Remembering why I started.
- Setting word targets
- Getting outside and exercising
- Absorbing all sorts of art
- Remembering why I started.
November 21, 2024 at 10:53 AM
I've been struggling to write lately due to publishing setbacks and lack of confidence. I've found a few things that help and thought I'd share. Please tell me what works for you.
- Setting word targets
- Getting outside and exercising
- Absorbing all sorts of art
- Remembering why I started.
- Setting word targets
- Getting outside and exercising
- Absorbing all sorts of art
- Remembering why I started.
READING REC:
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
This book takes on themes of environment, community, fate, and desire all set within a small, North Dakotan town during the '08 market crash.
While overwhelmed with characters early on, it is a gripping, fast read that will stay with me.
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
This book takes on themes of environment, community, fate, and desire all set within a small, North Dakotan town during the '08 market crash.
While overwhelmed with characters early on, it is a gripping, fast read that will stay with me.
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
READING REC:
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
This book takes on themes of environment, community, fate, and desire all set within a small, North Dakotan town during the '08 market crash.
While overwhelmed with characters early on, it is a gripping, fast read that will stay with me.
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
This book takes on themes of environment, community, fate, and desire all set within a small, North Dakotan town during the '08 market crash.
While overwhelmed with characters early on, it is a gripping, fast read that will stay with me.