These aren’t the rocks I landed on but they look the same. I come to you in pain. Pain when I breathe, walk, talk, eat, sleep and even when I contemplate being in pain. And, it’s entirely my fault. I …
Creative: Downtime Daydreams
I’ve been thinking about inclusion. (This post contains profanity, you have been warned.) Out and about, driving one long pull from place to place. Subtract 6500 feet of elevation then add fifty degrees of friendly. Taking deep breaths until I …
Read: Waterlog
After reading Roger Deakin’s “Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey through Britain,” I will never see Britain or swimming in the same way, ever again. Wells, drains, rivers, lakes, seas and more, Deakin presents swimming in the most alluring and historical of …
Creative: Albania Workshop Update
It is official. Albania is a go. Knowing this, we had to face off with the airlines in our attempt at securing what I will call “feasible flights.” Flying, as we all know, is quite the adventure these days, but …
Read: Tibet Wild
I’ve been fascinated by George Schaller since reading his name in the Peter Matthiessen classic “The Snow Leopard,” which has been on my top ten list for decades. I’m a photographer, so my first response to both of them men …
Creative: FOTOfusion
Our return to the field has begun. Blurb that is. My first field event in three years was a few short months ago and happened to go down here in Santa Fe. Review Santa Fe, the same event I once …
Creative: Just a Few Minutes
The storm came fast. From the south, southwest. A day of sun to a day of clouds to a day of low clouds to a day of snow clouds. Silence proceeds the snow flurry like the calm before a twister …
Read: No Friends But The Mountains
What is it about mountain communities and cultures that lead to such friction? Judith Matloff’s “No Friends but the Mountains: Dispatches from the World’s Violent Highlands” attempts to shed light on this poignant question. From Albanian blood feuds to Colombian …
Read: A Season on the Wind
In the birding world, spring migration is like the Super Bowl, World Cup, The Coney Island Power Eating Championships, and the Swamp Buggy Racing World Title rolled into one. Kenn Kaufman, legendary birder, naturalist and author of the cult-classic “Kingbird …