Alpenglow Journal
Alex RoddieElevating human creativity and purpose through adventure. A journal of outdoor and nature writing, photography, analogue counterculture, literature and art.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 149 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 17 days ago |
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Unplugged #29: An analogue divide, the future is human, on seeing and not seeing further, and cave paintings and connection
Last weekend, I attended the Stirling meet of the Scottish Network of Analogue Photographers (SNAP). Organised by Matt Sillars and Tomas Frydrych, this is an informal meatspace gathering devoted to film photographers in Scotland. It was gre...
The contrarian scrambler
Many outdoors people are outsiders to some degree. We thrive on a sense of freedom and prize our independence. We want to venture off the beaten path, enjoy an unusual view that hasn’t been Instagrammed to death, savour the thrill of a genu...
Unplugged #28: creative permission, forgotten forests, data vs. nature, and the soft wings of the night
Something about July always feels unreal to me, eerie, as if we’re in a holding pattern outside the year’s true contours. Perhaps it’s a combination of the dimensionless light, the long days, the fact that it never seems to get dark, the wa...
Turning 40, buying a house: creative boom, creative slump
2026 started out like pretty much any other year, but then in February my wife Hannah found a house on Rightmove that she liked the look of, I reviewed the spreadsheets and dimly began to realise that home ownership might be a realistic pro...
Unplugged #27: Beyond the visible, the books that count, the right philosophy for our times, and the people do not yearn for automation
For those of you who prefer to read on paper (or e-reader) rather than in your Substack or email app, I have converted this essay into an easily printable PDF.
Unplugged 27 By Alex Roddie
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A Transcendentalist in Scotland. Work: book and magazine editor, award-winning outdoor and nature writer, author and photographer. Fun: analogue nerd, artist and poet. A wanderer always dreaming of mountains.
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