By Oronte. Nothing to protect the stories of seclusion and safety they'd built up. Stories everywhere, breaking down. It was a strange time. Something would need to be done. More...

By Oronte. The epigraph ("The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley...") at the start of this multi-part series is often remembered as a poem about personal failure, or else is conflated with Burns’ “Auld Lang Syne” as sentimental melancholy in the face of change. In fact it’s mostly about expansion, technology, nature, resources, unintended cruelty, uncaring, and incompatible ways of life. That is, it's about our time. More...

By Oronte. "We fly a 'Come and Take It' flag in front of our establishment because we believe the federal government has gotten too big and that it's reaching out too far," the proprietor of a roadhouse north of San Antonio told NPR. When they asked him who was coming to take what, he said, "Our rights! Our freedoms!". More...

By Oronte. We were out of time. Matt went back to work, and Dustin went back to Lubbock. Leaving San Antonio, Donato and I passed a huge solar farm on the edge of the city. More...