Archive - Stories from the Road

Asheville, North Carolina

On grief, kudzu, and government loopholes

Jun 27 •

April 2025

The Presidents and the Parks

What does National Parks Week mean to a president on a rampage against them?

Apr 25 •

February 2025

Pluto, Outer Space

To explain what happened, first choose what to believe (and other thoughts on writer's block)

Feb 28 •

November 2024

Yosemite Valley, California

How can you save a park from itself?

Nov 1, 2024 •

October 2024

Paducah, Kentucky

Witnessing the apocalypse in God's country

Oct 11, 2024 •

June 2024

Teton Pass, Wyoming

A mudslide wiped out a major portion of the road near Grand Teton National Park over the weekend. How two lanes of mountainous highway threaten an…

Jun 10, 2024 •

October 2023

A Tale of Two Nude Beaches

What two cities taught me about free expression, consenting to security, and the demand to take space

Oct 27, 2023 •

September 2023

In the wake of summer

Four updates from a summer of knocking out goals, refocusing my creative energy, and most importantly, finding swimming holes

Sep 1, 2023 •

April 2023

Crestone, Colorado

A prophet once foretold of a spiritual commune destined to flourish in the San Luis Valley; how much can one community keep itself protected from the…

Apr 21, 2023 •

February 2023

Manitou Springs, Colorado

How a stranger in her 60s with a face tattoo reaffirmed my belief in the importance of eating breakfast

Feb 24, 2023 •

January 2023

Las Vegas, Nevada

Do I contradict myself? Very well then; I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

Jan 20, 2023 •

November 2022

Yosemite, California

On embracing the uncertainty of "luck"

Nov 18, 2022 •

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