
A weekly essay/newsletter on the transformed Earth - as it is, as it was, and as it might be - that promises thoughtful, well-researched writing and a dose of pessimistic optimism.
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| Issues | 287 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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sunset on the pond / author photo
Hello everyone:
As always, please remember to scroll past the end of the essay to read some curated Anthropocene news.
Now on to this week’s writing:
Heather and I spent much of the last week in a cabin...
one hundred high school seniors enjoying a sunset / author photo
Hello everyone:
Happy belated equinox to you all. I mention it because it’s a good reminder that there is a larger, imperturbable balance in which this unbalanced culture an...
evening sky / author photo
Hello everyone:
I’ve been away for the last week, working and walking on an island that isn’t far away but is somehow a world apart. It’s an off-grid life, and while I had cell service I refuse to write essays w...
the final footprint / credit: Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery
Hello everyone:
As always, please remember to scroll past the end of the essay to read some curated Anthropocene news.
Now on to this week’s writing:
Two stories, as best...
love or optimism, written in stone / credit: Mark Becker
Hello everyone:
This week’s essay is a very belated follow-up to “How to Haunt a Graveyard,” which I published last November. One of my more popular pieces, that essay addressed som...
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Writer, teacher, Mainer, former Antarctican. Author of one book and numerous essays/articles on Antarctica. Ghostwriter. Citizen of the Anthropocene.
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