Deep Roots
byGrand Rapids, Michigan (2012) Most roots do their growing underground out of view of the observer. What mystery leads them to lengthen and sink…
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Hope and Expectation
byTholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands (2017) First a little backstory: this spring I got to revisit Tholen, Zeeland, the town in the Netherlands where my…
No Trespassing
byPozzi Farm, just outside of Valley Ford, California (2014) In the place where I grew up, there are many fences, barbed wires, stakes, and…
Risk 1
byChicago, Illinois (August 2016) Using a Risk board game, I was inspired by the countries’ outlines as a way to designate the shape of…
The Edge
byGrafton, Ontario (2017) In this piece, my son Caspian stares out across the crest of a small hill to the road and fields north…
Rocky River Series: Bridge
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) One of the reasons I love living in downtown Three Rivers is that I get to experience the pleasures…
Rocky River Series: Basketball
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) You can still see the scar where the city removed the downtown basketball courts last summer. Nearby, in the…
Rocky River Series: Camp
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) On the other side of the bridge from the historic timeline mural where a lone Indian gazes longingly into…
Rocky River series: Railroad
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) Three Rivers is located near the old Sauk Trail, a pathway between Detroit and Chicago that was first forged…
Rocky River series: Beach
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) When I first moved to Three Rivers, I heard about a beach that the city had built along the…