Ghost Grove
“Not a single tree survived for miles.”
Living Lou
Making a home in a Louis Kahn house.
Way Station
Among the Ukrainian refugees in southeastern Poland.
Orchard Bounty
“The back-lit, bright green canopies were gilded, too—with bright orange balls.”
At the Crossroads
A 7,000-mile circuit around the country seeking answers to a question about to loom over me.
My First Salmon
Casting back.
The South
“one magnolia holds my childhood”
Bringing up the Dead
“We’d entered without a map.”
American Window
Images from an “endlessly complex country.”
Discomfort Zone
A living lesson in multiculturalism.
Into the Mist
“To walk through layers of enchantment and legend.”
Goodbye to All That
A reluctant—and roundabout—return from Antarctica.
Transplant
Enduring in Vermont.
One Ticket, Avec Chien
Pulled into the pack.
A Joyful Noise
Ground zero for a life in music.
My Own Private Iowa
Buildings under a big sky.