Walking among Ghosts
A Visit to Northern State Hospital
history
Keeping history alive at Northern State Hospital
"Keeping History Alive at Northern State Hospital," La Conner Weekly News (August 9, 2023).
Second Place winner, "History Feature Story," Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
On This Disputed River
"On This Disputed River, Progress May Mean a Return to the Past," Smithsonian Magazine (May 25, 2023).
The Varieties of Historical Genres
A year-end reflection on diverse writers of history
An Evolving Land Philosophy
How did American ideals about land evolve in the 19th century?
Submerged Stories, Breaching History
"Submerged Stories, Breaching History," Wild Roof Journal, Issue 15 (July 2022): 15-22.
All places contain ghost landscapes when you see them as a historian does, which is to say, how I do. Buried beneath today’s scenic vista lies all of the yesterdays, layered one upon another, accreting
Wild Times
"Wild Times," Barzakh Magazine, Issue 15 (Summer 2022).
But I realize that time isn’t a refuge any more than the wilderness is an escape from people. You cannot go into it or out of it. You cannot choose to participate in or avoid time. Time beats on