Fletcher SchoenCustodians and InheritorsWhen the orientalists and archaeologists of the Armee d’Orient (167 Savants in total) arrived in Egypt in 1798 alongside Napoleon’s troops…Nov 7, 2015Nov 7, 2015
Fletcher SchoenDown the CoastThe skies were clear and the wind was in a gusty post-storm mood. I ground my beans and brewed a french press in a luxurious morning ritual…Oct 31, 2015Oct 31, 2015
Fletcher SchoenEnd of the known world vibes on Shi Shi BeachAfter climbing down off The Brothers I drove around the Peninsula past Port Angeles and into the isolated West End. The terrible weather…Oct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015
Fletcher SchoenThe Brothers“To a living wilderness size is critical, you cannot have a small wilderness. It is a contradiction in terms.”Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015
Fletcher SchoenHeading West as a Young Man“ Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable…Sep 28, 2015Sep 28, 2015
Fletcher SchoenA Winter JourneyA place as wild as Wyoming, where even the American freeway system with its high priests of engineering and technology is overcome by the…Sep 19, 2015Sep 19, 2015
Fletcher SchoenThe Place Formally Known as Olympic Hot Springs Resort“The journeys told here take their bearings from the distant past, but also from the debris and phenomena of the present, for this is often…Sep 12, 2015Sep 12, 2015
Fletcher SchoenThe Goat Killers of Pōhakuloa“It is vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. It is the bog in our brain and bowels, the primitive vigor…Sep 2, 2015Sep 2, 2015
Fletcher SchoenPassing Through Kansas“Beauty might be at times a function of continuous space.”Aug 23, 2015Aug 23, 2015
Fletcher SchoenSt. Petersburg in 2008: The Lure of Putin’s PromiseIn 2008 I spent a cold January in St. Petersburg, Russia. I spoke terrible Russian, but enough that I could engage in some limited…Jul 12, 2015Jul 12, 2015
