Walking composition (final free one!) “Going outside is highly overrated.” ―Ready Player One, Ernest Cline Last weekend I was on the edge of the Great Bear Wilderness, close to 290,000 acres (around 1,160 square kilometers)… Read more

Walking composition “This ground seems unsure of itself for its own reasons and we do not gauge enough of our lives by changes in temperature.” — from “Another Attempt at Rescue,” M.L. Smoker Last week… Read more

Walking composition Just over a minute of birdsong at American Prairie (which recently changed its name from the American Prairie Reserve), including the western meadowlark, one of the loveliest birds I ever hear. This audio… Read more

Walking composition with audio I’m experimenting with the audio feature that Substack now offers. It’s called “podcast” but I’m not going to do a podcast. This is a 43-second recording of dawn birdsong from our… Read more

Essay? Kind of. As promised, following is the full Overview section from my book proposal for No Trespassing: How the Ancient Struggle for Ownership, Private Property, and the Rights of the Commons Will Define Our… Read more

Walking composition “All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don’t,… Read more

Walking composition “I want a godas my accomplice . . . a godwho longsfrom jailfor a changein the orderof things” —from “Prayer/Oracion,” Francisco X. Alarcón I don’t think I have ever been so behind in… Read more

Wandering composition “The idea of individual, exclusive ownership, not just of what can be carried or occupied, but of the immovable, near-eternal earth, has proved to be the most destructive and creative cultural force in… Read more

Essay I’ve been thinking a lot about the word but recently. The weight it carries, and the depth of what it erases. “I’m sorry I lost my temper with you, but I’ve had a long… Read more

Walking composition “Who would censor kids just learning to be servants of empire?” —A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine Over the past couple of weeks I’ve probably read the phrase “students listen respectfully to others”… Read more