Featured Work

Freelance articles, personal essays, graphic design, and more writing.

Valuing a fox-kit moon

  • Skills: Personal Essay, Nature
  • Date: February 2025

Should you include your dog in your wedding? (Kinship)

  • Skills: Actionable, Reported
  • Date: February 2025

Walking the dog doesn’t have to be a chore (Kinship)

  • Skills: Reported, Actionable
  • Date: January 2025

Van life as a destination demon (ROVA Magazine)

  • Skills: Print, Personal Essay
  • Date: December 2024

Expedition Ola: Street dog rescue profile (Wilderdog)

  • Skills: Interview, Profile
  • Date: December 2024

Has living with a shy dog made me less social?

  • Skills: Personal Essay, Reflective
  • Date: November 2024

27-page download: How to Get a Dog Guide (Juniper)

  • Skills: PDF Design, Accessible
  • Date: November 2024
A screenshot of the Paws and Reflect homepage circa May 2024

Paws and Reflect blog and social media community

  • Skills: Personal, Educational
  • Date: Ongoing since 2019

30-page PDF: 101 Easy Dog Enrichment Ideas (Juniper)

  • Skills: PDF Guide, Approachable
  • Date: March 2024

A tribute to Frans de Waal: ethologist, author, inspiration

  • Best: Personal Essay, Tribute
  • Date: March 2024

How should your dog greet new people? (Juniper)

  • Best: Short-form, Actionable
  • Date: February 2024

Should you teach your dog these seven skills? (Juniper)

  • Skills: Educational, Actionable
  • Date: September 2023

Camping with dogs: training, gear, and tips (Harper)

  • Skills: Long-form, Educational
  • Date: September 2023

Guide to puppy exercise and fulfillment (Harper)

  • Skills: Deep Dive, Authoritative
  • Date: October 2022

Puppy blues: What they are and how to fix them (Harper)

  • Skills: Educational, Encouraging
  • Date: September 2022

A new dog parent’s guide to socialization (Harper)

  • Skills: Long-form, Educational
  • Date: August 2022

How Sniffspot provided peace after a dog attack (Sniffspot)

  • Skills: Interview, Profile, PR
  • Date: August 2022

How to train a reactive dog: Beginner’s guide (Sniffspot)

  • Skills: Actionable, How To
  • Date: July 2022

The stress-free guide to house training your dog (Harper)

  • Skills: Deep Dive, How To
  • Date: July 2022

The state of public dog parks across the US (Sniffspot)

  • Skills: Research Summary, PR
  • Date: July 2022

Everything to know about puppy crate training (Harper)

  • Skills: Long-form, Educational
  • Date: July 2022

Comprehensive guide to enrichment activities for dogs (Sniffspot)

  • Best: Long-form, Accessible, Guide
  • Date: July 2022

A new dog parent’s ultimate guide (Harper)

  • Skills: Educational, Authoritative
  • Date: June 2022
Courtney Bolinson smiling, a photo she submitted to appear with this piece

What I’ve learned about community as an adult beginner (Humanicity)

  • Skills: Ghostwritten, Interview, Feature
  • Date: April 2018
The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, where Ben’s story took place

Ben Breitenbach: An old hunter’s survival story

  • Best: Interview, Profile
  • Date: September 2017