Desert Light, Blazing Stars
Rhode Island has burst into warm, sunny springtime! Daffodils blossom along the sidewalks, their heavenly fragrance filling the air; cherry trees and magnolias are growing thick with heavy pink...
View ArticleTurning Twenty-Three: Critique, Thai Food & Cake
Bam! I’m twenty-three. What happened? In any case, it’s been a totally wonderful day. I was awoken by the chiming of my cell phone receiving a happy birthday message from Tor Edvin, opened a present...
View Articledriving south, flying north.
My last morning in Maine glowed in golden sunlight, the world renewed and glistening from days of torrential rain. There was little time but one last batch of blueberry pancakes would be made; one...
View ArticleReykjavik, Exploding Skies
One o’clock in the morning, Reykjavik, Iceland. I can’t sleep. Right as I had begun to slip into dreams, the thunderous blasts of fireworks sounded outside my window, and, curious, I stepped into the...
View ArticleMeeting Your Heroes: Is This Really Happening?
There are so many photographers out there, making amazing work. My lifestyle of the past few years – RISD, FotoVisura, Maine Media Workshops – has provided me with exposure to a lot of different...
View ArticleVík: Into the Mist
So began the real journey. Upon my arrival in Reykjavik, I was joined at the airport by my friend Greg, who I hadn’t seen in over 3 years! We went to school together when I studied in Switzerland,...
View ArticleSkaftafell: Glaciers, Blood, and Mathematicians
We awoke to the soft pattering of rain on the roof of the tent. Morning in Iceland. I rolled over and unzipped the door of the tent, peeking out at the lush, mossy green that blanketed the land....
View ArticleJökulsárlón: Diamond Ice and Glacier Infinity
Miraculously, it was clear when we awoke. Like, sunny. In some degree of disbelief, we strewed our wet belongings across the grass and hung them on tree branches, hopeful to ease the perpetual dampness...
View ArticleThe 238-Mile Day: Coincidence & the Kindness of Strangers
Waking up at Jökulsárlón was magical. First off, I opened my eyes to golden sun gleaming through the fabric of the tent, warming the little space where Greg and I lay sleeping in piles of down and...
View ArticleLandmannalaugar: Into the Rainbow Hills
Let me preface by saying that it was never my initial plan to go into the mountains alone. The four-day Laugavegur trail, plus an additional two days over a glacier pass to Skogar, was an adventure I’d...
View ArticleHrafntinnusker: Ice Caves and Obsidian Fields Forever
Waking up in a mountain hut. First, on the brink of consciousness, that relief of fresh air when someone finally opens a window, steam surely pouring unseen out into the cold morning. Then the hushed...
View ArticleAlftavatn: Traversing Worlds
On my second day solo hiking Iceland’s Laugavegur trail, I began the day by promptly falling in a river. Feeling good after a luxurious night’s sleep in a warm cabin, I had begun the day afresh with...
View ArticleEmstrur: Beyond the Volcanic Desert
Everything was still damp by the time I awoke at the Alftavatn hut, a fine coating of ash creeping into all of my clothes. Shuffling down the stairs, my body felt beaten and frail; I soon discovered a...
View ArticleÞórsmörk: Into Light and Shelter
I rolled over in my bunk at Emstrur. Every inch of my body ached. I brushed against my rain jacket, hanging from the ceiling to dry; a shower of volcanic ash rained down onto the floor. One last day of...
View ArticleMoonscapes, Freedom, and Back Across the Atlantic
The days that followed my Laugavegur adventure were quiet days of rest, recovery, and exploration. I spent the entire first day resting at Adrienne’s apartment in Reykjavik, going grocery shopping, and...
View ArticleNew York for Northerners
Something good is coming. I can feel it in the air; the sun has returned and I’m listening to the Killers again and dancing when no one is home. Running and running in the warm spring air and feeling...
View ArticleThe Cold Nights of June
It was cold in the beginning. Barely above freezing, the ceaseless daylight nevertheless drew us into the landscape, wandering the eerie, quiet world along the seashore. Wild orchids bloomed; eagles...
View ArticleInto Indigo: Making the Impossible a Reality
There are certain times when one’s momentum in the flow of the universe feels more apparent. The way I see it, we are all hurtling towards our own destinies at unfathomable velocities, but it is only...
View ArticleMeanwhile, above the Arctic Circle…
Summer hit in an explosion of heat reminiscent of the tropics. It had been so cold and dreary when I landed in Norway that I couldn’t believe it would ever warm up – I had even (realistically, I...
View ArticleGoing, going, gone
Hey everyone! I’m off to Greenland and Arctic Canada now for 6 weeks of guiding for Quark Expeditions. No phone, no internet! I’ll write again in September when I get to Toronto to start my Fulbright...
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