Nature – The Dilettante's Field Manual

Two Rivers

Starting a new documentary project about the largest dam removal in history.

Swimming Against the Current

Two days with two National Geographic photographers on the edge of a salmon stream.

The Final Voyage

I had the privilege of documenting the last voyage of the RV Oceanus after 45 years of service to the NOAA research fleet.

Asphalt Wilderness

Yellowstone is a complicated place, one where wilderness meets industrial tourism. But on a cold, wet November day it still holds some of its magic.

It’s hard to say where stories come from. It’s a sort of archaeological game that we tend to play if we’ve ever taken a literature class and made the wildly speculative assumption that such origins exist. The online journal Failbetter.com published my novella @SharkGirl79 earlier today, so I guess if there’s a moment to spendContinue reading “Searching for Shark Girl”

Hope and resilience in Bangladesh

I expected to travel to Bangladesh to portray stories of climate victims. I expected to see a graphic illustration of a nation that is dealing with climate change problems that they had no hand in creating. I expected to see frustration and maybe even righteous fury. But instead, I found hope, grit and determination. WhenContinue reading “Hope and resilience in Bangladesh”

Totalities

Viewing the eclipse seventy miles off of the Oregon Coast: thoughts on hype, denial, climate change and whatever remaining hope we have to make things right.

The Heroic Reef

The corals of Varadero have endured five hundred years of human conflict, but they may not survive Colombia’s fragile peace.