Heaven Air Future Sublimate. Dissipate. Eliminate. Obviate. Retreat – Sublimate, v.: to pass directly from the solid state to the vapor state; archaic: to improve or refine, as in […]
The Divine Arctic Comedy, Heaven
The Divine Arctic Comedy, Purgatory
Purgatory Ice Present Millennial. Annual. Tangible. Visible. Advance – Water became ice. Masses of ice ranged from the north across oceans, continents, and islands; tongues extended from mountain tops […]
The Divine Arctic Comedy: Hell
A co-resident on the Arctic Circle asked me to write three essays to introduce her exhibit opening this June in the Montefalco Museum, Montefalco, Italy. The gallery has three rooms, one leading […]
And the rest of the crew
The people, part 3 Last but not least, this rounds out the cast. Twenty-eight residents and 11 crew members set sail for two weeks on the waters of the North Atlantic. Tight […]
There are no bit parts
People, part 2 As each person on this trip takes shape in my photos, I realize that they all held leading roles as stars of their own Arctic show.
The characters take the stage
A few characters As a field biologist, I often said there was a reason I worked alone in the woods for so many years. Not quite a misanthrope, I don’t suffer fools […]
Dog parking at the end of the trail
When the season’s over There are fewer than five miles of roads on an island more than 500 miles from the nearest landmass. At the end of the season, ride your snowmobile […]
A few billion-piece jigsaw puzzle
You’ll need the box These slopes surround Longyearbyen.
There are no words
Death I know that there are no words to make death better and so, I often remain silent for too long when people I know suffer a loss.
OK, people. Listen up. This is not a drill.
This is a drill. One early autumn afternoon, toward the end of The Arctic Circle residency, many of the residents and crew were on deck pulling down the sails from our morning […]
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