Inhabiting the San Juan River

"Inhabiting the San Juan River canyon for a few days feels like an actual merging of place and friendship with a certain deep affinity circulating between the humans and the landscape. It’s an immersion into something that’s equally comforting, awe-inspiring, and joyful," Rosie Carter writes in this personal essay about friendship with place and humans alike.

A Type of Homesickness

I recently learned of a new word - solastalgia. Environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht combined "solace" and "nostalgia" to describe “a type of homesickness or melancholia that you feel when you’re at home and your home environment is changing around you in ways that you feel are profoundly negative.”

personal essay, nature writing, blog postRosie CarterFebruary 17, 2021nature, nature writing, personal growth, personal essay, canyon country, climate change, solastalgia, wilderness, desert life, artist life, awe, advocating for what we love