Blog of an Author & Aurora Chaser

Guiding You to the Northern Lights

It gives me joy to lead everyone under the stars to the Northern Lights!

The Coolest Memory

What a wild adventure! In March, I spent a long weekend in the Northwest Territories of Canada to chase the Aurora. I traveled to 62.4° North among friends and family of friends, in an all-women, five-person crew.

An Aurora Author

Everywhere I go, I meet people who tell me how much my advice helped them to catch the Northern Lights. I’m not a professional and I don’t hold a Ph.D. in heliophysics, and there are undoubtedly larger personalities they could learn from. It is such a surprise that my modest advice could help so many….

Expressive

A word for 2025. I resolve to be more soulful and creative, to express myself outwardly on the paths I aspire to most.

Year in Review 2024

Happy New Year!!! I hope some of you got to experience the Aurora from the G4 Storms that danced across the globe (and above the clouds), bringing nature’s fireworks to this exciting New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day! The year of 2024 was so unexpected. It brought opportunities to do things and travel to…

On the Web

Welcome to my adventures in Aurora Chasing, writing and nature. Browse this list for links to the latest and greatest! Or you can find these projects and more at linktr.ee/mfkaelin.

Become an Empowered Chaser

So, you want to see the Aurora! The first thing you might ask is “Where should I go?” A new guide has the answers. Photo courtesy of Gary Syrba.

What Kind of Aurora Chaser Are You?

How would you describe yourself as an Aurora Chaser? If you really get into Aurora Chasing, I think it helps to determine what your goals are while you are pursuing the Northern Lights.

Books, Books, Books

So many book ideas, so little time! Imagine chasing the solar eclipse. I’m excited to dive deeper into creative writing and bring these ideas to the world.

Passion Projects

A creative individual, I draw a lot of inspiration from nature, the night sky, the written word, and the many talented people who cross my path.

“Thirsty for the Marvelous”

“I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn’t impress me.” — Anaïs Nin

Chasing the Aurora: A Blog for Newcomers

In many parts of the world, night falls and all one has to do is look up to witness the magnificence that expands out into the atmosphere and beyond the edges of our world. In other parts, it’s not so easy.

Whistling on a Mountain

If one happens to be out alone at night under the Aurora Borealis and hears a whistling sound, one has only to whistle in return, and the lights will come closer out of curiosity.

#PoetNotes: A Series

New ideas are flowing for #PoetNotes, a series of my poetic musings on social media. I don’t always have the time it takes to compose a new poem, which led me to jot down these notes. Mostly on Instagram, these pieces of inspiration appear across social media channels. Follow me on Instagram. A selection of…

“Only those who risk going too far can possible find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot

Rare Beauty

Wonders of the night sky and rare natural phenomena have inspired a lot of my creative writing, especially in fiction. These pieces feature elements of the night: Aurora Novel, my debut novel based on Northern Lights Milky Way Novel, a work in progress featuring Milky Way mythology BlackJack, a short story of magical realism Crossing…

Whimsy & Wanderlust

With so much natural beauty, I’ve always dreamed of traveling the U.S. Now, I hope to turn my dreams into reality, and visit as many national parks as I can.

Pure Michigan

One of my goals in life is to visit as many state parks and national parks as I can. After setting out to travel more in Michigan, I decided to jot down which state parks I’ve visited and try to see them all!

Publication

Many pieces of my creative writing have been selected for literary journals and an excerpt of my novel was published in an anthology. I also had the honor of publishing two books, with the most recent book releasing in 2020. It’s exciting to have my creative work appear in print! New! “Social Gap Experiment Anthology”…

Now Unfiltered

The gloves came off. I removed the mask. And I bared myself to the hemlock trees. Unfiltered.

Launching the Solar Orbiter

“We’re going to make beautiful science.” Nothing captures the launch of the ESA Solar Orbiter better than the words of NASA’s Dr. Nicola Fox. As a NASA Social Media Ambassador, I had the honor of attending a live launch.

Painting the Light

After submitting to a gallery, I’m excited to share that several of my paintings were selected for exhibition and publication!

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson My late brothers would have turned 20 on February 19, 2018, but it’s my hope to carry their light into the future. Inspired by the twins, I wrote my first…