Fishing…

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with the Story Migration Project. Recall, the whale made it Olympia, Wa., … More

This Whale Eats Stories

I’ve long been possessed by the beauty and strangeness of sea creatures. They float, they swim, they disappear suddenly.

The California coast, north of Marin, is foggy, cool, and lightly peopled. Although there are countless headlands and beaches where … More

What’s the connection between a tiny folding knife, a Japanese passport, and a group of people huddled around a cedar … More

If you’re going to send a wooden whale on a migration, you need a vessel to send it in; so … More

It all started when I acquired a huge piece of a Douglas fir beam at a construction site. Covered in … More