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

Ending a Seven-year Journey on The Colorado Trail

Ending a Seven-year Journey on The Colorado Trail

Two weeks ago I stepped off trail and into the Junction Creek Trailhead parking lot in Durango. Elated and exhausted, I stumbled over to the sign to make a quick...

Ending a Seven-year Journey on The Colorado Trail

Two weeks ago I stepped off trail and into the Junction Creek Trailhead parking lot in Durango. Elated and exhausted, I stumbled over to the sign to make a quick...

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...