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Dispatch #47 - Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Good morning from Los Angeles, where the jacarandas lining Avenue 53 are painting the streets in purple. Their trumpet-shaped blooms have arrived nearly a month early this year. They fall at the slightest breeze. I tilt my tongue toward them as they drop, the way I once did snowf
May 10, 2026
BONUS: My Feature Story on Nomads
A quick note here — after three months of reporting, two camping trips into the desert, and dozens of interviews, my feature on nomads living on public lands was published this week. I’m really proud of how it came together. It’s hard to overstate what a privile
May 6, 2026
Dispatch #46 – A Few Hundred Nights
I never thought I’d write about my tent.
May 3, 2026