A managed retreat: New OrleansI came to know my brother for the first time as an adult on a drunken weekend in New Orleans. I returned three winters later in the fall…Apr 30, 2021Apr 30, 2021
Living Things: Gila Wilderness & BearReturning from the Gila wilderness, over 100 miles of winding roads through aspen and ponderosa pine; in the valley, massive cottonwood…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
Living Things: Mushroom & DragonflyThe sky and the grass were rushing with waves, as was the lake, waves upon waves in the waves, but also the sky, and the grass, they were…Oct 19, 2019Oct 19, 2019
Living Things: SpiderAt a family reunion last year, eating meat sandwiches on a molding picnic table, a massive black fluorescent flying beetle lands on my…Oct 12, 2019Oct 12, 2019
BLiving Things 1: HeronThe mystery and awe of the heron, a bird who can remain so still and move so slowly as to disappear. The heron is a magician, once there…Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019
On Sight, In DetroitOver the past decade I have made it a point to travel, live and write about those spaces we forget in our definition of America. From my…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016