Landscapes evolve over seasons, centuries, and eons. I live in a valley shaped by glaciers that flowed sinuously down from the peaks of the Alaska Range 200 miles north of me. We can estimate the glaciers’ thickness by the mountains on either side of the valley. ...
Since 2011, Laura Emerson and her husband have lived in a wood heated, off-grid log cabin… with an outhouse, in Alaska. It is accessible only by float plane, ski plane or snowmachine (snowmobile), because there are no roads within 40 miles. The full time population of...
Spring has arrived in the northeast. In latitudes where four seasons are distinct, each with its own color palette, symphony of sounds, and visible changes in the landscape, the arrival of spring can be watched day by day if one has the patience to notice. This is my...
