Thoughts about nature and humanity, art and the wilderness experience.
Not Lost
When I started backpacking The Colorado Trail in segments in 2016, I had no idea what it would come to mean to me. I'd spent most of my life in...
Not Lost
When I started backpacking The Colorado Trail in segments in 2016, I had no idea what it would come to mean to me. I'd spent most of my life in...
Good Morning, Owl
I did not grow up in a city. For the past twenty-five years, however, I’ve lived in one. Two different cities, not very large, but large enough for this wild...
Good Morning, Owl
I did not grow up in a city. For the past twenty-five years, however, I’ve lived in one. Two different cities, not very large, but large enough for this wild...
Land as Family
My childhood and adolescence were firmly rooted in the more-than-human. I truly have my dad to thank for that, whose commitment to conserving wildlife in our state for the first...
Land as Family
My childhood and adolescence were firmly rooted in the more-than-human. I truly have my dad to thank for that, whose commitment to conserving wildlife in our state for the first...
Aging (Gracefully?), Part One
It’s dark outside, and rain has been pouring down for a few hours now. Much-needed rain for West Texas. Thunder crashes and lightning flashes, intensifying the thrill of the storm....
Aging (Gracefully?), Part One
It’s dark outside, and rain has been pouring down for a few hours now. Much-needed rain for West Texas. Thunder crashes and lightning flashes, intensifying the thrill of the storm....