Upward Bound

Photojournalist, Traveler, Author. Expat living in East Africa.

[worldscoolest]

Carbon County series by John Sanderson.

[upward-bound]

next year I want to:

get a ski pass in the Pyrenees and go skiing allllll winter

go to London at least twice to hang out with my baby nephew

maybe go to Abisko in January to take L’s northern lights v-card

maybe lead a trip again, maybe back in Churchill? I took two years off but I really do miss it and I miss the students and I miss Churchill

spend late May and early June in the US with my best friend and her baby, go blueberry picking, swim in rivers, and sit on the porch with my mom and a cup of coffee 🙂‍↕️

roadtrip in the Southwest with L before my work gathering in Santa Fe. eat a lot of burritos, hike through a lot of red rocks, soak in hot springs

be in Moz for winter, when it's chilly but warm but really just a perfect vibe

continue to bust my ass getting the strongest I've ever been (currently!) but also make a lot of room in my life for pistachio pastries on weekend trips to Paris (necessary!)

be more involved with activism

shoot another Nat Geo article

oh and be somewhere vibey for Halloween. why am I already thinking about Halloween 2027? I have no idea. but I need to be somewhere with major spooky energy. maybe Edinburgh.

etc. etc. etc.

[academic-vampire]

𝔠𝔬𝔷𝔶 & 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔪

[briargeese]

A summer evening, fireflies, and an annoyed doe wishing I would get out of her territory is about as great as it gets.

[overclassy]

[anmehe]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Zach Kessinger

[girlbr0thers]

Faux leather was the worst thing ever created

[girlbr0thers]

Lets take a material that can last decades with the right treatment and care and fucking replicate it with the most dogshit ugly flimsiest animal extinction microplastics smells bad unsexual rips in four days garbage disgusting saran wrap we can think of. Ostensibly for vegans.

[upward-bound]

"Leather" can be produced from cactus, pineapple, cork, mango and apple fibers, celium... here's a whole list https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/leather-alternatives

The choices don't have to just be plastic or slaughtered animals.

[sheiskindasweet]

[nevver]

The Forbidden Zone, Samuel Zuder

[sovietpostcards]

"Evening at the Dacha" by Aleksandr Deyneka (1952)

[metamorphesque]

In Praise of Boredom, Joseph Brodsky

[unreadable]

[adiore]

X

[academic-vampire]

𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔲𝔫

[samtakes]

[incilerden]

[nevver]

June gloom, Joshua Amirthasingh