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The Ritual Begins Now
The Old Ways of Beltane
May 16
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Mile Marker: My First American Road
A week back at my old Kentucky Home
Jun 16
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Mile Marker: Bears Ears to Home
There comes a point in every adventure where you reach the furthest point of travel, you turn back and you know that every step now takes you back home.
May 27
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Mile Marker: Arches National Park, UT
Chasing the ghost of Edward Abbey in one of America's best National Parks
May 21
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Mile Marker: Canyonlands National Park, UT
Canyonlands National Park and the re-awakening of Awe.
May 13
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Campfire Curriculum
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Campfire Curriculum: Riders of the Purple Sage and Chronicle of a Death Foretold
The changing of seasons and a report on two more novels in our Beyond the Western Edge Curriculum
Apr 29
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Campfire Curriculum: Lonesome Dove
A brief reflection on why Larry McMurtry's Western epic is an essential addition to the American Canon
Mar 20
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Campfire Curriculum, An Introduction
Beyond The Western Edge: A Course on Virtue, Sin, and Frontier Sagas
Feb 23
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One Year on Substack, An Attempt
Reflections on Year 1
Nov 7, 2025
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Between Dreams and Duty
Literature is important, but only if you make time for it.
Oct 19, 2025
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American Arcana
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Something in the Sky: WTF Arizona? 🌵🛸
High Strangeness in the skies of Arizona.
Mar 12
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Mourning Takes as Long as It Needs
Private rituals and the transmutation of loss
Oct 10, 2025
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Venus Morning Star
Find the signal
Jul 24, 2025
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Let the Mystery Breathe
Enchantment in a Material World.
Jun 19, 2025
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The Ritual Begins Now
The Old Ways of Beltane
May 16
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Mile Markers
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Mile Marker: My First American Road
A week back at my old Kentucky Home
Jun 16
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JohnnyAppleseedX
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Mile Marker: Bears Ears to Home
There comes a point in every adventure where you reach the furthest point of travel, you turn back and you know that every step now takes you back home.
May 27
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JohnnyAppleseedX
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Mile Marker: Arches National Park, UT
Chasing the ghost of Edward Abbey in one of America's best National Parks
May 21
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JohnnyAppleseedX
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Mile Marker: Canyonlands National Park, UT
Canyonlands National Park and the re-awakening of Awe.
May 13
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Mile Marker: Phoenix, AZ to Grand Gulch Wilderness Area, UT
Sometimes you start driving without a destination
May 12
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Turn Signal
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The Age of Slop
How do we survive the constant amplification of nonsense?
Feb 7
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Storming the Gates
Part 3: Here Comes the Flood
Feb 6
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Storming the Gates
Part 2: Engineered Reality
Feb 1
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Storming the Gates
Part 1: Wrestling with Complexity
Jan 29
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Do Androids Dream of Strawberries from your Grandmother’s Garden?
Dear Computer, tell me a story.
Aug 9, 2025
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Featured Essays
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The Ritual Begins Now
The Old Ways of Beltane
May 16
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We Are Like The Dreamer Who Dreams
The Long Shadow of Twin Peaks: The Return's Finale—A Personal Reflection.
Oct 3, 2025
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Let the Mystery Breathe
Enchantment in a Material World.
Jun 19, 2025
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How Do You Talk to a Liberal?
It's not me, it's you.
Feb 21, 2025
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The Break
A true encounter with the Phenomenon.
Jan 16, 2025
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