Modern Hiker Newsletter

A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing

This Substack is both a newsletter and a deep dive into the practices of Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio. Follow for Studio updates, literature, images, interviews, discussions, sketches, videos and more.

Hello! I’m Jon Norris, a professional landscape photographer and hiking/backpacking guide. I share essential landscape photography tips, plus my images, thoughts, and musings. I look forward to helping you improve your photography!

Essays, stories, and field practices that help all of us become more attentive, capable, and connected through an outdoor life.

I love to walk, listen, sketch, and make music.

Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows"

Written and visual dispatches from our least understood, least protected, and largely unknown public lands managed by the BLM. Part guidebook, inspiration, and travelogue.

The reader is my notebook

Stories about the outdoors, culture, politics, and where they cross paths.

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

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

A listing of movies worth watching in Portland, Oregon

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

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

the political machinations of conservation and outdoor recreation