Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join John Muir Laws and naturalist, journaler, and explorer Sandy McDermott for a bear-raising adventure. Sandy describes her adventures with Brown Bears in Alaska and we draw them together as we learn about their natural history.

To learn more about Sandy McDermott, please visit her website sandymcdermott.com or follow her on Instagram @sandyhmcdermottart.

To learn about Sandy's practice of purposeful play, check out her podcast interview with Bethan Burton: journalingwithnature.com/podcasts/episode-99-sandy-mcdermott