Selected features, profiles, essays, and commentary.
“Talking to a Brick Wall” / Points North/Interlochen Public Radio
What can brick reveal about a place? Turns out, a lot.
“Pushing the Boundary” / Points North/Interlochen Public Radio
A story about the time Michigan and Ohio went to war over a border line…kind of.
“The Bird Patrol” | Belt Magazine
Chicago is the most dangerous city in the country for birds. This group wants to change that.
“Riding the Fort Wayne Line” | Belt Magazine
On the history and uncertain future of Indiana passenger rail.
“Changes in the Land” | ACRES Quarterly
A long essay on the Cedar Creek corridor, in support of a project by ACRES Land Trust (buy the booklet here).
“Losing the Farm” | Belt Magazine
“The story of the twentieth century in American agriculture is a story, mainly, of exodus.”
“Margins” | Terrain.org
On the places between places, and what it means to belong somewhere.
“The Iconic Windmills that Made the American West” | Atlas Obscura
On the life and times of the classic American self-regulating water pump windmill.
“A ‘Toxic Tour’ of the Whiting Refinery” | Belt Magazine
A dispatch from the southern shores of Lake Michigan.
“The Oil Pipelines Putting the Great Lakes at Risk” | Belt Magazine
On oil pipelines, the Great Lakes, and the complicated mixing of oil and water
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