The Egret and the Phone
An egret at Spring Lake this morning was doing something I find genuinely difficult: being completely, unhurriedly present. A short reflection on attention, wild places, and what we miss when we’re not really there.
What We Owe the River
Ethics of Outdoor Adventure: What Do We Owe the River? The Texas Water Safari begins with a waiver. But no one asks the river for its permission. On what we owe the wild places we enter and what it means to be a guest rather than a user.
What the River Needs From Us Beyond Our Admiration
Standing at the San Marcos River on race day, joy and unease arrived together. That tension points toward something important: the difference between loving a place and doing what that love requires.
Rethinking Our Place
Rethinking our place in the world. From human exceptionalism to ecological kinship.
Reading “Unbowed” by Wangari Maathai
I just finished Wangari Maathai’s…
The Human Handprint
Domestication, Wildness, and the Edges…
You’re Delicious!
You’re Delicious: A Nietzschean Guide…
Finding Our Way Back to Nature
Finding Our Way Back to…