Images from the Extreme Social Distance

I went back to the Home-country — i.e. the Four Corners — in February and March, and headed out to … More

Meditation on trans-Atlantic travel in the time of COVID-19

I flew internationally yesterday. I got into a tube with a bunch of other people against all of my self-preservation … More

March 1, 2020, San Juan Snowpack update

Average to middling. That describes the San Juan Mountain snowpack as of March 1 — at least at the higher … More

What the Bears Ears management plan does — and doesn’t do

Public lands lovers have been up in arms since the Trump administration issued the final management plans for what’s left … More

How coronavirus could ripple through the oil patch — and maybe cut carbon emissions

I traveled via international airports in the time of coronavirus and discovered that face-mask fashion is a thing. Twenty-something partiers … More

Sneak peek at SnowScreen, a future title from Lost Souls Press

“Powder snow skiing is not fun. It is life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality. What we … More

San Juan Mountain water year 2020 starts dry, but is on the upswing

The 2020 water year (which started Oct. 1, 2019) began like a desiccated whimper in the San Juan Mountains of … More

Let them eat Blake’s: An excerpt from Behind the Slickrock Curtain

A couple hours later, the ragged silhouette of Tsé Bit’a’í, or Shiprock, rose up ahead of Brautigan, obscured by the … More

Gone Missing: An excerpt from the forthcoming novel, “Behind the Slickrock Curtain”

June, present day. Durango, Colorado. “That motherfucker,” Eliza Santos muttered aloud as she coasted into her conspicuously half-empty driveway on … More

The Big Breakdown of coal, illustrated by one chart

After World War II, the federal government, utilities, and developers embarked on a project to build dams, mines, power plants, … More