Journalist and author of CALL OF THE MILD. In Bend, Oregon.Tumblr (3.0; @lilyrm)http://www.lilyrm.com/<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/hunters-need-to-stop-letting-the-nra-speak-for-them/267097/">Hunters have a lot to lose in the current debate over gun control. Too bad we don't have representation.</a>http://www.lilyrm.com/post/40292720219http://www.lilyrm.com/post/40292720219Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:30:13 -0800I haven&#8217;t had time to go hunting much this fall, so I don&#8217;t have a lot of meat in the...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/36682791882http://www.lilyrm.com/post/36682791882Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:36:24 -0800recipefoodpieTalk of the Nation: I’ll be on NPR’s Talk of the Nation this afternoon, at 3 pm ET,...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/35641831632http://www.lilyrm.com/post/35641831632Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:15:14 -0800There are lots of chances to meet me and hear me read from my book or talk about it and ask me...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/34173372119http://www.lilyrm.com/post/34173372119Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbsw5kfGxQ1ry99k6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Casual Friday (this is why I love my job)</p>http://www.lilyrm.com/post/33453084690http://www.lilyrm.com/post/33453084690Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:08:07 -0700I&#8217;ll be on a WBUR show called On Point with Tom Ashbrook today. It&#8217;s a live call-in show...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/33359352816http://www.lilyrm.com/post/33359352816Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:35:28 -0700This is a guest post, written by my childhood friend and new hunter, Jesse Howe: If you asked me 3...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/32889175849http://www.lilyrm.com/post/32889175849Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:26:00 -0700huntingwildlifenaturebears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxwntlbZl1ry99k6o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxwntlbZl1ry99k6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>You’re probably always looking for an excuse to buy Elle magazine. Well, look no further: I’m in the October issue. (Britney Spears is on the cover.)</p> <p>On page 322, there’s a wonderful article by a writer, Molly Young, who flew all the way to Bend to go rabbit hunting with me in the dead of spring. Alas, I didn’t get her a rabbit, but she still managed to write this lovely piece (about hunting! In Elle!) about the experience.</p> <p>Go on, buy a copy.</p>http://www.lilyrm.com/post/32337769823http://www.lilyrm.com/post/32337769823Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:00:40 -0700fashionhuntingnaturewriting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mannmpFJUC1ry99k6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My talented friend Shannon made these cake pops in honor of the latest pick by my book club, which just happened to be “<a href="http://www.lilyrm.com/book/" title="Call of the Mild" target="_blank">Call of the Mild</a>.” It was a fun night, and made me feel so honored to be friends with these smart, thoughtful women. Since I know you’re wondering: Yes, Shannon’s cake pops were very tasty. And her ratio of bucks to does would make any wildlife biologist proud.</p>http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31924739437http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31924739437Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:44:08 -0700deer cake<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mak33uryXL1ry99k6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scott found this pair of antlers while doing some fieldwork last week. Male deer (and their relatives, including elk) shed their antlers every winter, then grow a new pair in the spring. I’ve found a few shed antlers while hunting, but never a matching set.</p>http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31802859748http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31802859748Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:26:00 -0700 I&#8217;m thrilled to be one of the many authors who will appear at this year&#8217;s Texas Book...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31465431936http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31465431936Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:17:15 -0700PublicityRemembering 9/11: One year ago, I had the honor of writing about this 9/11 survivor. Today I’m...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31341627772http://www.lilyrm.com/post/31341627772Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:09:00 -0700writingThis Friday (9/7) evening, I&#8217;ll be signing copies of my book at a great little store in...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/30888095043http://www.lilyrm.com/post/30888095043Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:03:14 -0700PublicitySeveral smart readers emailed me to identify the spider in my previous post: Araneus diadematus,...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/30537484549http://www.lilyrm.com/post/30537484549Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:24:40 -0700I&#8217;m not sure whether to be worried or&#8230; neutral. Anyone know what this is? http://www.lilyrm.com/post/29833647015http://www.lilyrm.com/post/29833647015Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:33:09 -0700If you’re interested in hunting and haven’t read any Steven Rinella yet: You’re welcome. You are in...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28925794488http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28925794488Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:50:57 -0700A velvet buck found some shade under my neighbor&#8217;s trampoline: http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28351696404http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28351696404Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:12:31 -0700A note from a reader arrived at my office yesterday: Of all the possibly controversial parts of my...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28206546549http://www.lilyrm.com/post/28206546549Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:44:47 -0700Reader feedbackTakoma ParkI&#8217;m not sure why, but I&#8217;ve seen more butterflies than usual this summer. The other...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/27328800660http://www.lilyrm.com/post/27328800660Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:07:31 -0700My book isn&#8217;t a how-to, by any means, but that didn&#8217;t exclude it from this amazing...http://www.lilyrm.com/post/27009777675http://www.lilyrm.com/post/27009777675Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:25:00 -0700Publicitybooks