Words
Writing, Various
Essays, hike reports, travel writing, and memoir spanning decades of adventure, teaching, and photography.
A solo journey into the Picket Range — one of the most rugged and remote wilderness areas in the North Cascades.
Returning to Divide Lookout as part of a Forest Service trail crew, maintaining the paths that make wild places accessible.
A globe-spanning assignment shooting for Adidas — from Oregon to international locations, documenting athletes and adventure.
A personal essay about a harrowing experience and the weight of memory.
Correspondence from students at Adams High School — reflections on teaching, photography, and the lasting impact of education.
Memories from the opening of Adams High School and the community it built.
A close call in the mountains — the kind of story that stays with you.
Motorcycle touring two-up through the Pacific Northwest.
A nature essay on observation, patience, and what birds can teach a photographer.
How a simple domestic moment became the seed of something larger.
A scholarly examination of pacifism's political influence between the World Wars.
The full account of the 1986 Sino-USA Upper Yangtze River Expedition — over 1,000 miles from Tibet.
A photographic and written survey of Portland's contemporary architectural landscape.
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