Shoals

Belonging and welcoming

Posted on November 17, 2024

Whose woods these are, I think I know. His trailer’s in the village, though. He will not see me stoppin’ here To smoke a butt and drink some beer. [Read More]

The Eye of Quebec: before/after

Posted on October 4, 2024

Landsat has spoiled me. I’ve grown accustomed to seeing historical time series of what a place looks like from above, in this era where we’ve been recording those views for half a century. Of course, I very occasionally find myself wondering how Cahokia in the 11th century would have appeared... [Read More]

The perfect app

Posted on July 15, 2024

This morning, when I woke up in Harlem, I was faced with a series of problems. [Read More]

You are here/there

Posted on July 10, 2024

The practical work of digital mapping varies pretty wildly from place to place. I was reminded of this as I stumbled onto a great example of the infamous displacement of imagery and road vectors in Google Maps within Chinese territory: [Read More]

Krakow, October 2021

Posted on May 8, 2024

There is a square in Krakow, Poland, a place I have never been and likely will never have the opportunity to go. Late on an October morning in that square several years ago, the sun slashed in low between cathedral and town hall and onto the intricate patterns of the... [Read More]

One for the cyclists

Posted on April 29, 2024

One year ago I wasn’t sure I’d ever run again, but with some patience and lots of support I’m back on the roads and trails, and it’s comfortable. For reasons not totally clear to me or a bunch of earnest medical professionals, my knee just . . . healed. The... [Read More]

Long-term longform

I am not a podcaster. I would never dare. But I am a ravenous listener of a certain kind.

Posted on March 17, 2024

A history of history [Read More]

The wrong cloudy day

An apprehensive survey of solar eclipse mapping, as it pertains to Vermont

Posted on February 8, 2024

A total solar eclipse is coming to Vermont! Burlington is right in the path of the totality! Every hotel room and rental in Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties is booked! Transports are sold out! The scale of the tourism impact is being compared to multipliers of Super Bowls! [Read More]