Pillow Landings
Choosing where to sleep in Japan becomes an exercise in culture, comfort, compromise, and learning when to stop planning and simply arrive.
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Every essay and field note, arranged in the order it was published.
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Missing the Mark
On writing with an authentic voice, preserving contradiction, personality, and the human messiness that polished prose too often removes.
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Routes, Plans, Adjustments
Reworking a journey through the Kii Peninsula, choosing fewer stops, slower travel, and more time to actually experience the places along the way.
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Fireweed
A field note on fireweed, from Alaska’s glacial landscapes to its traditional uses, ecology, and surprising presence in California.
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Sunshine and Rainbows
A small rainbow pin aboard the Wilderness Discoverer became an unexpected reminder of what it means to feel seen, safe, and fully welcome.
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Looking in the Wrong Places
A reflection on the sea, belonging, friendship, and the places that quietly reveal something about who we are.
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Reflections in the Tongass
Reflections on Glacier Bay, fireweed, the Tongass, and the seasonal rhythms that shape life in Southeast Alaska.
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But first Alaska
Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, and a circumnavigation of Admiralty Island
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Choosing a path
Making conscious choices about time and what to see.
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Electronic Considerations
What do you bring? Putting it together.
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Notes on Learning Japanese Slowly
Language study as a long practice in humility, attention, and staying curious.
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Why Akiguchi?
A note on autumn, travel, Japan, and the beginning of a quieter project.
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The Kind of Travel We Want More Of
On leaving room for attention, conversation, and the pleasure of not completing a list.
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What Makes a Place Feel Welcoming?
Hospitality is less about performance than the quiet assurance that you are safe to arrive.
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Old rooms, local meals, and the intimate architecture of being looked after.
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