Portrait of author Barbara Albright, an older woman with silver hair, blue eyes, and wearing a mauvy-pink lipstick, wearing a purple blouse with a bronze statement necklace.
Outdoors selfie of author Barbara Albright wearing a Navy baseball cap, purple scarf, outdoor coat, and sunglasses.
National Parks selfie of author Barbara Albright, an older woman with silver hair, wearing an outdoor jacket with the hood pulled up, a light gray baseball cap, and sunglasses.

I’m a freelance writer with many published pieces that explore our inner and outer worlds.

I write about travel, our relationship to nature and encourage readers to slow the speed of life from a frenzied pace to a peaceful, zen awareness. 

Writing to connect, inspire and inform is, for me, a great privilege and joy, while living this life.

Selected Work

  • Graphic of the rocky Oregon coast with letters reading Yurting the Oregon Coast and Los Angeles Times

    Yurting on the Oregon Coast

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Cover of Spirituality & Health featuring a woman in a gauzy dress underwater.

    Blossoming After Dark

    SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH

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  • Cover of Seattle Magazine with a brindle pit or Labrador dog.

    Road Trip!

    SEATTLE MAGAZINE

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  • Graphic with a blonde woman hoola-hooping next to a cactus and text that says Spirituality & Health and Hoop Yogini.

    Hoop Yogini

    SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH

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  • Graphic with a photo of a harbor at dawn and the text Quite A Catch and Los Angeles Times.

    Quite A Catch

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Image of white human feet in the water, standing on rocks, with the text Feet on the Ground and Spirituality & Health.

    Feet on the Ground

    SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH

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  • Image of an outdoor garden with purple and pink flowers with the text Redemption Song and Purple Clover.

    Redemption Song

    PURPLE CLOVER

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  • Image of palm trees in front of a vivid sunset of blue, orange, and yellow, with the text Los Angeles Times and A Scottsdale Reprieve.

    A Scottsdale Reprieve

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Image of a white and red lighthouse along a rocky coastline and blue ocean water with the text Los Angeles Times and Leave Beaming.

    Leave Beaming

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Image of a cheeseboard with chunks of different cheeses, berries, butter, nuts, and loaves of bread, with the text A Cheese Tour - Heave Any Way You Slice It and Los Angeles Times.

    An Oregon Cheese Tour

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Image of a cherry tree in full bloom, white and pink, and the text Los Angeles Times and Plant Yourself in a Garden City.

    Plant Yourself in a Garden City

    LOS ANGELES TIMES

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  • Image of Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in the classic Hollywood film Gone with the Wind and the text Purple Clover and How I Got Rid of My Resting Bitch Face.

    How I Got Rid of My Resting Bitch Face

    PURPLE CLOVER

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Reviews

D.A. Wolf, Daily Plate of Crazy

“Barbara’s writing is filled with the warmth and wisdom that comes with learning life’s most important lessons. She broaches subjects of universal concern with meticulous care, an upbeat attitude and down-to-earth authenticity. She never fails to capture her audience with words they are happy to return to time and time again.”

Cynthia May Naeger, May Achieve Clarity

“Barbara Albright is aptly named. Her writing brightens the everyday, elevating the mundane to the sublime. Barbara’s words lift the spirits and stimulate the mind. Her essays provide sanctuary to the weary reader.”

Robin Tjernagel, Robin's Real Life

“Since I first read Barbara’s writing, I knew I found a depth of substance that flowed through me and resonated with me like poetry. With wisdom, inspiration, and life-affirming words and imagery, she lifts my spirit and guides me to feelings of serenity, melting away the stress of daily life. This is why I look forward to and repeatedly return to read every thing she authors.”

Hangin’ out here in these green smoky mountains with the wildlife is such a treat! The black bear on the roadside. The turkeys in the grass & thickets. The deer in the meadows. The bear cub in the trees beside our trail. The salamander
East through New Mexico after two days in Albuquerque, into and across the Texas panhandle, then, a flat tire, shredded actually, on the interstate in Oklahoma. Fixed, purchased new spare, on through Arkansas the next day, then another, yes, a
Feel hopeless about something you can’t control? Change is never born from hopelessness. Change is born when acting from what you can control. Spend some time thinking about what IS in your control. Then take action from those things and ho
First two days on the road had us traversing half of Arizona, high into New Mexico, stopping at teeny tiny but tasty Pie Town for a night of camping in the woods, way up on the Continental Divide. Then on to the Very Large Array; 27 giant satellit
Sportin a basket weave pair of earrings and bracelet of my mom’s. Little pieces of things she wore and enjoyed while she was here. I’m thinking of, missing and loving her today. Also, of course, knowing and holding dear, my four beaut
If I were sitting with you and you were troubled about a relationship with one of your children, and the weight of the disappointing relationship had been heavy a long time for you, I’d listen for a bit. But just a bit. Then I’d say s
There were strawberry fields and beyond that acres of carrots very close to our home. Just a few years ago. And in the middle of those fields of juicy strawberries and crunchy carrots, there was one towering tree. A Cottonwood, I think. Two cows
I’ve never met a happy person who bends over backwards to please everyone. They inevitably start to feel and give resentfully, even if that resentment bubbles beneath the surface. It can be hard to change this pattern and hard for the people

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