I try to keep my personal and professional life somewhat distinct, though the work I’ve been doing for the past 18 months has made such attempts feel a little silly at times, as the lines between my passions have blurred. Now, a project that has been...

One night early this month I experienced a profound silence. I was on a lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; the air and Earth were wet from three days of rain though it was not currently doing so. The leaves were still on the trees but...