Liza Ketchum
Cognoscenti contributor
Liza Ketchum volunteers as a citizen scientist. Her books on nature and the environment include "The Last Garden: A Memoir," and "Begin With a Bee" (co-authored with Jackie Briggs Martin and Phyllis Root, illustrated by Claudia McGehee). She lives in Watertown, behind Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Recently published
How do you mourn a tree?
Liza Ketchum observed a majestic sugar maple at Mount Auburn Cemetery for seven years, part of her volunteer work gathering data on nature and climate change. Then a microburst injured...
Weird Autumn Warmth As The New Normal: One Worried Writer’s Response
As the U.N. Climate Conference gets underway in Germany, one local Boston writer contemplates our weirdly warm autumn and "the new normal."