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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 30: Eudora — The Sierra of the South

“Whether you think you can, or think you cannot, you are right.”

12 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 30: Eudora — The Sierra of the South

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 25: Death Valley — From the mountain top to rock bottom

I’ve been to the mountain top, I text my parents, resting against the hotel headboard as I look over pics. Of the 10,000 feet bristlecone…

9 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 25: Death Valley — From the mountain top to rock bottom

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 23: Bristlecone Pine — Stumbling towards the world’s oldest tree

I’m driving north on 395. Lake Isabella is behind me. Red structures of the volcanic Coso Ridge are to my right. And to my left, jutting…

12 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 23: Bristlecone Pine — Stumbling towards the world’s oldest tree

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 22: Isabella — The anchor of the Sierra

We shall not cease exploring. And the end of all our exploration will be to arrive at the place where we started and know the place for…

7 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 22: Isabella — The anchor of the Sierra

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 19: Sequoia — Climbing towards the world’s largest tree

I follow the smoke across the mountain, towards the Great Central Valley, scaling down the side of the Sierra, along Highway 49, through…

8 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 19: Sequoia — Climbing towards the world’s largest tree

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 16: Yosemite — Nature’s most precious mountain mansion

At first, I think the eruption is a gunshot. An explosion. A semi-truck collision. But it’s the middle of the night? What could possibly…

11 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 16: Yosemite — Nature’s most precious mountain mansion

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My First Winter in the Sierra

Day 1: Auburn — Elevation 1234

The Sierra Nevada: the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I have ever seen.

6 min readDec 1, 2022

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Day 1: Auburn — Elevation 1234

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Summer in New York

That’s a fire dog

The maple leaves in Seward Park haven’t started to senesce, but the Tai Chi regulars are bundled in sweaters and the high schoolers are…

1 min readNov 10, 2022

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Summer in New York

White hair blue hair

The heritage oaks lining Henry Street block the August sun as I sip a morning coffee. Behind me, a woman with white hair scoots on a walker…

1 min readNov 3, 2022

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Summer in New York

Spike

“His name was Spike. He died last year. In a house fire.”

1 min readOct 28, 2022

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benje williams

benje williams

“it is common to take a dog for a walk, it is less common to take a dream for a walk” || nature novel in progress || recent writing at benjewilliams.org

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