benje williams

1.4K followers

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

Day 30: Eudora — The Sierra of the South

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

Day 30: Eudora — The Sierra of the South

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

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…

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

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

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…

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

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

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…

Day 22: Isabella — The anchor of the Sierra

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

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…

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

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

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…

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

My First Winter in the Sierra

benje williams

Dec 1, 2022

Day 1: Auburn — Elevation 1234

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

Summer in New York

benje williams

Nov 10, 2022

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…

Summer in New York

benje williams

Nov 3, 2022

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…

Summer in New York

benje williams

Oct 28, 2022

Day 30: Eudora — The Sierra of the South

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Day 1: Auburn — Elevation 1234

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

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…

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…

Spike

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

benje williams