Pamela Lowell, MSW, LICSW

As a trauma specialist, Pamela Lowell expertly guides us to the connections between therapy, the life of an artist, and the natural world as a place of healing. Lowell, an avid birder, jumped at the chance to accompany Mass Audubon in their weekly Osprey nest monitoring project on the Westport River. She hoped to get some photos of cute Osprey chicks that she could use in her paintings. But what happened next was nothing short of transformative.

In journal format, Lowell weaves together a deeply personal and exciting narrative as a passenger on the Lucky Me--along with a cast of dedicated staff and volunteers. Nature enthusiasts will enjoy descriptions of the nest monitoring process, banding, and translocation of Osprey chicks. Pamela perfectly captures our dilemma of being poised between desperate worry and the urgent need to do something specific to help our planet. With her original illustrations throughout, this book inspires us all to be better stewards and healers of our ever-changing world.

"Witty, frank, warm, and kind, this is a book packed with treasures:
great questions, astute observations, beautiful raptors, interesting and
sometimes struggling people, exquisite art--and most importantly, hope.
You'll love coming along with Pam Lowell on both water and land as she
falls deeper and deeper in love with ospreys, learning more and more
about them. You'll finish this book with a full heart, willing and eager
to help the ospreys' conservation success story keep growing and to

help save our beautiful, imperiled world!"

Sy Montgomery, NYT best selling naturalist and author

OF TIME AND TURTLES: Mending the World, Shell
by Shattered Shell

"The ospreys in this book—and the author's deep abiding interest in them—

yields a series of unexpected gifts and self-made surprises,

namely the friendship of those who are also drawn to these

magnificent creatures. A thoughtful meditation on community and care."

Elizabeth Rush, Pulitzer Prize finalist,

The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

and Rising: Dispatches from the New America Shore

 "A quiet and unobtrusive look at therapy, at environmentalism, at the life of an artist, at the natural world as a place of solace and healing. And a time of honoring those who contributed to the body of knowledge like ornithologist naturalist Poole. I found it a comfort at the same time it was a deep challenge to do and be our best selves and more responsible stewards of our blue marble planet. Congratulations on the journey Pamela took and the tenderness of translating it for us to use as a guide. The intersections of Lowell's art, her therapy, and her sense of honoring the earth all come together in a wondrous alchemy. I think I shall have to order a case of them to give to everyone I know and love for birthdays and holidays, just as I used to do with Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Rachel Carson. She perfectly captures our dilemma of being poised between desperate worry and urgent need to do something real and specific and personal and practical."

Nancy Fiorentino, PhD.
Retired Professor
Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work