“Deep in the valley below us, in the middle distance, gaped the great black cauldron of Litli-Hrútur, its insides awash in a churning fiery stew. We stood in silence on the observation mound with our hands on our hips, faces cast in childish masks of wonder and awe. ” This week, we have two beautiful essays […]
“Ritual is an urge and an act; it’s an aesthetic gesture. As an adult I established the habit of turning my attention to those subtle seasonal details and recording them. I was loving and honoring the land, but this practice still left something undone. A certain clarity, maybe formality. Something like a frame around a […]
“How online sales of highly regulated, super-toxic rodenticides exploit gaps in the law and imperil wildlife.”
In the wide, quiet spaces of BLM land, I heard echoes of a past we’ve buried—and a future we still might save.
Kevin Nguyen captures the passion of birdwatchers in an essay for The Verge which manages to be both fun and poignant. She has other tips for Black birders: go during the daytime, and if you have to go at night — for nocturnal birds, like owls — go in large groups; take along a dog […]
Incorrigible, insightful, inspiring: the incredible people of 2024.
A reading list on how museums reflect culture.
The author of Any Person Is the Only Self and recent Guggenheim fellow talks about the worst time of day, the value of wasting an hour, and chilaquiles.
London’s Highgate Cemetery shows us just how hard it is to keep the dead buried.
“Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.”
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