Review Team

"Star" Reviewer: Martha Meacham

Martha Meacham has a home nestled in motts of live oak and clumps of junipers on a piece of hardscrabble land southwest of Austin. The gentle rolling hills nearby remind her of the glacial drumlins of upstate New York where she grew up before leaving for college in Mexico. As a youthful wanderer in Central America, Martha traveled and learned much from native people on pathways in places where there were no maps and often no other "outsiders." With a backpack and Swiss army knife in her pocket, she traversed mountain ridges and deep dolinas throughout Mexico and Guatemala in the 1970's & 80's. That journey landed her in Austin where she finished a Master's in Anthropology and later a Ph.D. in Education. She first became a SCN member at the Lifelines Retreat in 2007. She now serves as Vice President on the Board of Story Circle Network and cobbles together the SCN podcast every month. Martha works as an instructional designer with faculty to develop multimedia learning materials. Writing, reading, gardening, landscaping and dog training fill her leisure time. Brill, Leigh. A Dog Named Slugger: A True Story of the Service Dog That Changed My Life Brown, Rita Mae. Animal Magnetism Carney, Alice Winston. A Cowgirl in Search of a Horse Charleson, Susannah. Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog Chisholm, Shirley. Unbought and Unbossed Daly-Lipe, Patricia. All Alone: Washington to Rome, A 60's Memoir Dinnerstein, Pesi. A Cluttered Life: Searching for God, Serenity, and My Missing Keys Dreisbach, Verna, editor. Why We Ride: Women Writers on the Horses in Their Lives Greenlaw, Linda. Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea Heart, Mikaya. My Sweet Wild Dance Krieger, Susan. Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by My Side Lane, Shelley D. A Stirling Diary: An Intercultural Story of Communication, Connection, and Coming-of-Age Morrisroe, Patricia. Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia Munson, Laura. This Is Not The Story You Think It Is...A Season of Unlikely Happiness Orlean, Susan. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend Sanders, Debra. A Matter of Panache: A Career in Public Education. A Traumatic Brain Injury. A Memoir of Surviving Both Wachter, Sherry. The Very Good Dog Wickenden, Dorothy. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West