Frame of Reference

Context & stories behind the photos.

The best shots don’t tell the full story. This is for the unpolished pictures, that are maybe a more honest depiction of the experience. It’s not all sunsets, rainbows, waterfalls and grand views; but if that’s what you’re after, check the galleries, for the pictures that speak for themselves.

A Walk Across America #13: Photos for a Funeral

June 20, 2019

Nothing is forever. There’s beauty in the temporary. Treasure the moments that you’ve got.

A Walk Across America #9: The Appalachian Trail

May 28, 2019

What divides us, isn't so great as what unites us: the ground below our feet.

A Walk Across America #8: Road to DC

April 10, 2019

You don’t have to know what you’re doing; no one ever does. It’s just about getting comfortable with that uncertainty, and making the best of it.

A Walk Across America #7: Break Free (Back on the Road)

April 01, 2019

Free to go, free to stop, free to choose my course. Untethered & unbound by schedules and deadlines; unfettered by a nine-to-five. Traffic & rent, are no concern; only how far I can walk, and where I lay my head. I didn’t find purpose; I chose it.

A Walk Across America #6: Rest & Introspection (Off-Trail)

March 18, 2019

The only thing worse than the idea, that everything is going to change, is the alternative, that nothing ever will; for everything to stay just as it is. If the person you are now, is all you’ll ever be, would you be satisfied?

April 1, 2019

February 24, 2019

A Walk Across America #5: Broken (Early Days: part 3)

Don’t quit on a bad day. And know, there will be bad days, long days, hard days; days that wear you down, and break your spirit; days you think will never end. Do not quit on those days, because those are the days that matter most.

February 7, 2019

A Walk Across America #4: "Your Name Is Ishkabibbel!" (Early Days: part 2)

You ask me if it means anything. I ask, why does it have to mean anything at all? I am content with coincidence, and perfectly at ease with insignificance. Some things only mean what you make of it.

January 29, 2019

A Walk Across America #3: A Cold February Night (Early Days: part 1)

The way it goes, there’s not much story in the actual walking. The real story happens in the breaks, in the gaps, in the places you stop.

January 18, 2019

A Walk Across America #2: Full Circle: Day 207

If you can't see the progress you've made, you're either not looking, or you're not moving.

January 13, 2019

A Walk Across America #1: The First Steps: Day 1

No matter how long the journey, or how great the undertaking, it always starts with those first steps across the threshold, and walking out the door.