Lorraine Duvall

Award winning author Lorraine Duvall writes of her paddling adventures in the book, In Praise of Quiet Waters: Finding Solitude and Adventure in the Wild Adirondacks. Some experiences from her memoir, And I Know Too Much to Pretend, led her to research a woman’s commune north of Warrensburg, resulting in the 2019 book, Finding A Woman’s Place: The story of a 1970s feminist collective in the Adirondacks. Duvall lives in Keene and is on the board of Protect the Adirondacks.

Adirondack Voices: Residents Speaking Out For Environmental Protection

September 12, 2023 by Lorraine Duvall Leave a Comment

I recently came across copies of Adirondack Voices from the 1990s, published by the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA). This organization was founded in 1990 by full-time residents of the Adirondack Park intent on trying to keep some peace in the Adirondacks.

RCPA believed that the integrity and economic viability of the Adirondack communities they lived and worked in could be enhanced while preserving their unique wilderness and wild forest landscape. [Read more…] about Adirondack Voices: Residents Speaking Out For Environmental Protection

A Spiritual Author Visits the Adirondacks

July 1, 2023 by Lorraine Duvall 1 Comment

In the Adirondacks many of us dedicate our energies to preserving our beloved lands and waters for generations to come. At times, it’s discouraging. What helps is reading stories of ways we can connect with the natural world. I think of Ralph Waldo Emerson calling us to be silent, “that we may hear the whisper of God.” I think of John Philip Newell calling us “to reawaken to the sacredness of the earth and every human being.” [Read more…] about A Spiritual Author Visits the Adirondacks