updated November 2019
Outdoor writing
North Country Cache- essays covering Joan's first 2300 miles on the North Country Trail. Hikers and non-hikers will find it enjoyable. Click to read one chapter for free.
North Country Quest will be available soon-- the second half of the journey
Monthly column in the Ludington Daily News, "Get Off The Couch"
• "Get Off the Couch with Joan" and are collections of 10 of these columns in one e-book with photos by the author.
Article in the Summer-Fall 2011 issue of Your National Forests, called "Sample and Savor the North Country."
Short-lived weekly column in the Mason County Press, "Get Off The Couch- Explore Michigan"
Regular contributor to North Star, the magazine of the North Country Trail Association.
Articles appear in the following issues:
• excerpt from "A is for Asphalt" - October 2019
• cover photo - July 2018
• "Luna Moth" - July 2018
• "The Passing of Some Serious Trail Magic" - April 2018
• "Leave Poison Hemlock Alone" - April 2017
• "Poison Plant- What Does that Mean?" - January 2017
• "Pokeweed - Edible or Poisonous?" - April 2016
• "2600 Miles per Shirt" - April 2016
• "Just Go" - July 2015
• "White Pelicans" - April 2015
• "Eastward Ho!" - July 2014
• "Carolyn Hoffman- Inspiring Hikers since 1978" - April 2014
• cover photo - April 2014
• "Those Irrepressible Girls" - December 2011
• "Dayton: Did We Paint the Town Blue?" - October 2011
• "Why Stealth Camping is a Bad Idea" - October 2011
• "I Did it For the Patch"- December 2010
• "Southern Ohio- Technically There Are No Hills"- December 2009
• "Heart & Sole"- a feature showcasing volunteers ran sporadically from January 1998 to January 2007
• "Hiking the North Country Trail with Your Trusty Mouse"- October 2002
• "There's No Outsmarting the Damp"- October 2001
• "Baby Steps on the Giant Trail (2)"- July 2001
• "Baby Steps on the Giant Trail (1)"- April 2001
• "North Country Cache- The Early Steps"- January 2001
• "North Country Cache- Introduction"- October 2000
• "W2K"- January 2000
• "Breaking Ice Along the Road"- January 1999
• "A Thing About Trails"- April 1998
• "The Best of Winter Hiking... And the Rest"- January 1998
Writings about Faith
• Devotions for Hikers 2007 e-book, or print
• Would You Dare? 1986
• articles in the anthology "Parents and Children"
• article in the anthology "The Christian Life"
• major contributor to the Life Application Bible notes
Mysteries
• News from Dead Mule Swamp
• The Hollow Tree at Dead Mule Swamp
• Paddy Plays in Dead Mule Swamp
• Bury the Hatchet in Dead Mule Swamp
• Dead Mule Swamp Druggist
• Dead Mule Swamp Mistletoe
• coming 2020 Dead Mule Swamp Singer
available at Smashwords, or Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and iBooks, and through Overdrive at subscribing libraries.
Children's Mysteries
• The Secret Cellar
• The Hitchhiker
• The ABZ Affair
• The Big Boss
• coming 2020 The Lonely Donkey
available at Smashwords, or Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and iBooks, and through Overdrive at subscribing libraries.
Short Stories
• coming December 2019 - an anthology of stories, essays and poems entitled Accidentally Yours.
• "Toby and Harry" is available at Twin Trinity Media, Smashwords, or Amazon
• "The Case of the Cautious Couple" appears in Short and Fun Stories, Volume 1 through Mercer Publications
