Archive - The Scenic Route

I went places and said things

International travel, Hong Kong talks, NPR appearances, book sales, snark from 1940s editors, the best chicken in Montreal, and the delightful Dory…

Jun 5 •

February 2025

I Guess We Wanted it Darker

Love and Serendipity in the Face of Darkness

Feb 5 •

November 2024

Amid the past's incessant knocking, music works to keep it out. Also, ocean liner souvenirs, pensive dogs, reflected cities, and dam wars.

Nov 27, 2024 •

August 2024

Slow, but not too slow

Excusing excuses, procrastinating from procrastination, or just dealing with what I'm dealt? Also, a press hostel dog, abandoned trails, and…

Aug 21, 2024 •

March 2024

Wait...Where's the book?

One last delay, but it's worth it. Plus: Readings, dogs climbing fences, excerpts, pauses, poems, and rainbows!

Mar 28, 2024 •

February 2024

Danger, Dragons, and Dogs

Announcing my upcoming book, A Danger Shared: A Journalist's Glimpses of a Continent at War. Also: introducing Dogtopia. This week's detour: My Perfect…

Feb 17, 2024 •

October 2023

Quiet of the Wild

How a video game landscape offered a refuge I didn’t know I needed

Oct 21, 2023 •

September 2023

Drawing on San Francisco

Spontaneous Turtles, Cartooning, and the Joy of Tenacious Exploration

Sep 29, 2023 •

April 2023

The Rapture and The Railroad

On the rails to the end of the world

Apr 21, 2023 •

February 2023

Explosive Memories

Remembering a sound that stirred thoughts of war, I reflect on a city in flux

Feb 16, 2023 •

Anniversaries, Novelties, and Outrages

Uncomfortable memories on the anniversary of an unprecedented shutdown of California's borders

Feb 4, 2023 •

January 2023

On the Edge of a Continent

At the Scenic Route's first stop, somewhere else is noise. Somewhere else is fury. Somewhere else is overstimulation.

Jan 28, 2023 •

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