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--World of Wounds • November 6, 2024
Finding purpose at the end of the world
Plainsong • April 19, 2024
A desert love story
Empire of Nothing • December 29, 2023
A cross-country American road trip, Gaza, and the long chain of history
Into the Fire • June 28, 2023
Loving a landscape before it's gone
Hell or Las Vegas • May 27, 2023
Finding peace and divinity in Sin City
West of Babylon • April 6, 2023
The fantasy and devastation of frontier mythology
Lithium Blues • September 26, 2022
On letting ancient geologic forces set the pace of life
Covenant with the Dry Country • February 7, 2022
Biblical exile, a lost Swede, and understanding the West as a place where the only way to survive is to wander aimlessly
Urban Desert • November 17, 2021
The madness, hope, and lessons of building cities in deserts both real and fictional
Desert Rats • June 17, 2021
A love letter to people who love the desert
Junkyard of Dreams • March 10, 2021
Understanding the West as a landscape of dreams through its ghost towns and tourist destinations
Cowboy-Knight • December 20, 2020
Examining the reality and mythology of cowboys, and asking who gets to be a cowboy today
Interstate Highway Pilgrimage • November 25, 2020
Notes on a solo road trip through the West