Modern Hiker Newsletter

How to write narrative nonfiction books and podcasts, plus a place for all my work that won't be a book or a podcast.

I love to walk, listen, and make music.

This is my personal page for news and notes and stuff like that. Just keeping you up to date.

A listing of movies worth watching in Portland, Oregon

Hello! I’m Jon Norris, a professional landscape photographer and guide for Joshua Tree National Park. I share essential landscape photography tips, plus my images, thoughts, and musings. I look forward to helping you improve your photography!

What gets me outdoors in a city famous for cars, concrete, and freeways.

the political machinations of conservation and outdoor recreation

A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing

Walking into a better world. Literally.

The reader is my notebook

Natural history, environmental issues, and other ruminations from the Mojave Desert by Chris Clarke