America’s Best Idea

The first time I set foot inside Yosemite National Park, I was hiking southbound on the Pacific Crest Trail. Despite having hiked through vast and stunning swathes of the United States, there was something spellbinding about Yosemite Wilderness. The sea of glacial valleys and granite peaks evoked frozen waves. Eons of movement and metamorphosis were […]

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San Rafael

The decommissioned firehouse at the end of Joseph Court is marked by an atmosphere of modest California charm and the slow simmer of creeping insanity. The firehouse itself blends unremarkably into the culdesac’s collection of low lying stucco motels and nondescript businesses. Cream colored whites and dreamsicle oranges evoke the arid serenity of the desert […]

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