/ FIELD NOTES

Written pieces from the field: travel notes, reflections, and stories gathered across mountains, coastlines, deserts, and long returns home.

I’ve found that the meaning of an experience often reveals itself slowly, sometimes years after the experience itself is complete. These Field Notes are a way of returning to what has stayed with me—the landscapes that have moved me, the people I’ve encountered, and the moments that continue to shape how I see the world.

(01)
The Karakoram
2023

Comfort Is a Trap

I am writing this at the gate in Islamabad, waiting on a flight to Istanbul, fifteen pounds lighter than when I arrived and not entirely sure the person flying home is the same one who flew out.

(02)
Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
2023

A Guitar's Long Way Around

My Santa Cruz OM/PW and I have shared an unusual, decades-long journey together. The story begins in Philadelphia in the year 2000. I had been playing guitar for a little over a year, but I had written a handful of songs.

(03)
Bali / Northern California
2026

The Deep Water

I want to tell you a story. My memory of drowning came a little later than you might think. I was about eight or nine, in Bali, somewhere along Kuta or Seminyak, with my friend Nathan.

(04)
San Francisco Bay Area
2024

Too Much Water

Once, during a cross-country drive, I pulled off for the evening in a small town in Nebraska. My first observation was that the town smelled like chicken. Duly noted.

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