Notes from the Road Travelogue
Narrow dusk alley in Rovinj, Croatia—warm stone walls, glowing windows and lantern light, polished cobbles tapering toward the sea—an invitation to wander and discover Europe.

WANDER THE GREAT PLAINS

North America's Great Plains stretch from Canada's prairie provinces to the Mississippi states and northern Mexico—a vast expanse of prairies, farmlands, and lowlands. Long losing its rural populations, the region is now in rapid transition as climate change, industrial agriculture, and globalization reshape its lonely roads, swamps, and grasslands. Follow me from Minnesota to Louisiana.

Louisiana Bayou Sketches

Catfish Heaven: Winter on the Bayou

Traveling the back roads of Louisana's bayou country prior to Hurricane Katrina.
Flyfishing in Minnetonka

Flyfishing
with Mr. Phu

Notes on Minnesota culture and fishing customs, including a backstory about hagfish.
Hill Country in Texas

Texas Hill Country

Travels in Austin and the Texas Hill Country region, including notes on American camels.
Harmony, Minnesota

Harmony, Minnesota

Notes on the Spam Museum, Southeastern Minnesota and the Amish of the Midwest.
Soho, Lower Manhattan

Green Skies in Lower Manhattan

The sky above is green, and the strange color casts a glow on everybody rushing for cover.

Sweet Swamp in the Southern United States

Sweet Southern Swamp

I left Macon, in Central Georgia; pastures and pines; hungry for sweet potato cakes and grits.
Deep South Journal

Deep South Sketch Journal

Sketches, photographs and notes from my travels in America's deep south.