Artist Spotlight: Natalie Slater

The blog has been rather silent - my apologies! Lots of things have been happening, including new stories available through our Kickstarter page, but now we're back on track with another Artist Spotlight, this time on photographer and designer Natalie Slater. Natalie and I met during the first week of college at John Brown University …

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No matter how much I have to write about, sometimes I find myself at a loss for words, with nothing I can say. For about nine months, starting last September, I was trying to write a story. I had a few very clear scenes in my head, but no matter how many ways I arranged …

How Small We Are

There are two strangest parts about finishing a month-long road trip project. The first, very simply, is the fact that it's done. This is the thing that I've been eating, breathing, and sleeping for thirty-one days, and then, just like that it's over. Sure, I still have lots of video to edit, articles to write, …

The Edge of the World

I've been to California before. I know about it from school. I have some friends who have lived there and other friends who still do. But in my mind, California is still a legendary land, huge and beautiful and strange, utterly unlike anywhere else, mythical in proportion, the embodiment of the American dream. I suppose …

The Wonder of Wandering

As we crossed into Arizona's high desert, leaving the little town of Seligman behind for the vast mountains that raise the ground for the Grand Canyon to split, a clump of tumbleweed soared overhead, well over twenty feet in the air. I've always loved the little things - growing up in Vermont, we didn't have …