“You told me to go back to the beginning, Vizzini.” – Inigo Montoya With my first efforts to document our journey across this tangle of emotions and…… Read more “Back to the Beginning”
Category: Nature
On telling in the West
How to tell the story of two children tumbling through America? It all seemed so clear in the beginning: plans and outlines, step by step, moving forward…… Read more “On telling in the West”
“Majestic and shit”: in the depths of Carlsbad Caverns
The earth opens up to reveal a glimpse of its inner workings outside Carlsbad, New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns is beyond description: a landscape of phantasms and dreams,…… Read more ““Majestic and shit”: in the depths of Carlsbad Caverns”
Dogs on the wind and sitting bulls in water
In his novel American Gods, Neil Gaiman’s character Mr. Wednesday talks of America as a series of countries, unique and disparate in their taste, culture, the deities…… Read more “Dogs on the wind and sitting bulls in water”
Borderlands: Leaving West Texas
West Texas, a peculiar mirage. Far from the veneer of Ft. Worth, the landscape hardens into a fossil of dead oceans. Dust and mesquite replaces the tree-lined…… Read more “Borderlands: Leaving West Texas”
Crow's Feat 