Journal

For 61º North: Adak’s Curious Bones
Exploring the windswept remnants of Adak’s long-vacant military settlement.

A James Beard New York City trip diary
It took a massive logistical childcare effort AND a make-me-cry-it-was-so-amazing community airplane ticket fundraising campaign, but I got to New York City last week for the James Beard Awards.


Good news, page views and thank yous!
I’m really excited to announce that my site, which launched at the end of November, has now been viewed 100,000 times! Thanks, friends, for supporting my experiment!

For the Anchorage Press: Getting Sideways
I gave the car tiny amount of gas, trying to get control and back up. The wheels turned, but the car began to slide, sideways, downhill.

Hi guys, I missed you.
The moment it occurred to me I had to quit my job at the Anchorage Daily News, I was sitting in my kitchen, chewing on a chicken breast dish I’d boiled to death in the crock pot. My wife was sitting across from me. She was eight months pregnant. We were staring at our phones, not talking. My son was watching cartoons on an iPad.