Thoughts about nature and humanity, art and the wilderness experience.

What's in a Trail?

What's in a Trail?

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on a documentary short film about why I started backpacking The Colorado Trail seven years ago, and why I continue...

What's in a Trail?

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on a documentary short film about why I started backpacking The Colorado Trail seven years ago, and why I continue...

Art-making as Joy-making

Art-making as Joy-making

The expression of life—of meaningful experiences and ideas—through artistic mediums has always been important to me. When I was young, after my older brother got his driver’s license, he would...

Art-making as Joy-making

The expression of life—of meaningful experiences and ideas—through artistic mediums has always been important to me. When I was young, after my older brother got his driver’s license, he would...

Inner Landscapes: Thin Places & People's Faces

Inner Landscapes: Thin Places & People's Faces

As a photographer who works in both portraiture and landscapes, I often find myself contemplating the similarities in my approach to the two.

Inner Landscapes: Thin Places & People's Faces

As a photographer who works in both portraiture and landscapes, I often find myself contemplating the similarities in my approach to the two.

A Short Poem About Rain

A Short Poem About Rain

Hello, friends. I hope you’re doing well. I wrote a short poem about rain that I want to share with you. Being a native Midwesterner who has lived in West...

A Short Poem About Rain

Hello, friends. I hope you’re doing well. I wrote a short poem about rain that I want to share with you. Being a native Midwesterner who has lived in West...

Things My Neighbors Gave Me That Outlasted the Pandemic

Things My Neighbors Gave Me That Outlasted the ...

a 30-ounce bottle of Kirkland Signature sea salt a box of two hundred 13-ounce kitchen trash bags bags of Pasta Garofalo en bulk a belief that the human survival instinct...

Things My Neighbors Gave Me That Outlasted the ...

a 30-ounce bottle of Kirkland Signature sea salt a box of two hundred 13-ounce kitchen trash bags bags of Pasta Garofalo en bulk a belief that the human survival instinct...

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Good morning, friends! Yesterday was International Women’s Day. In the past I’ve been pretty good at taking note of such events, doing something to mark the significance. More so when...

Metamorphosis

Good morning, friends! Yesterday was International Women’s Day. In the past I’ve been pretty good at taking note of such events, doing something to mark the significance. More so when...