Who doesn’t love seeing a cardinal? Charlottesville VA. March 16, 2017. #cardinal #birds #red #alongthisroad 🪶

Today’s along this road blog is a reflection on writing (and reading) in our oversaturated digital world. #alongthisroad #oversaturation #substack #writing #socialmedia

Sharing a meditative moment #alongthisroad from a temple in Sichuan, China. March 14, 2013. #candles #meditation #peace #china

A busy afternoon in Chengdu with an undisturbed monk. Chengdu, Sichuan, China. March 13, 2013. #china #streetphotography #monk #alongthisroad

One of my favorite days ever!!! A morning hike after a huge rainstorm. Guilin Province. China. March 13, 2013. #china #ricefields #aftertherain #reflection #travelphotography #alongthisroad

Reflection. Guilin Province. China. March 11, 2013. #river #reflection #china #travel #alongthisroad

Who can resist a red barn? Salem, Indiana. March 10, 2018. #alongthisroad #indiana #redbarn #americana

Strange and beautiful things you see in a walk. Philadelphia. March 9, 2014. #americana #alongthisroad

Here’s this week’s post from along this road. Love IS the Answer! #alongthisroad #loveistheanswer bit.ly/loveistheans...

A peaceful spring float down the ancient canals of Zhujoajiao, China. March 7, 2013. #china #canals #travel #streetphotography #alongthisroad #birds 🪶

Four more favorites from Shanghai. March 6, 2013. #shanghai #china #reddoor #worship #urbanphotography #streetphotography #alongthisroad

Blue sky background for busy Cedar Waxwings in Austin TX. March 5, 2016. 🪶 #birds #bird #atx #waxwings #bluesky #alongthisroad

Two of my favorite pictures from one of my favorite places. Shanghai, China. March 4, 2013. #china #shanghai #alongthisroad #streetphotography

A dog walk during a horror convention in Old Bethpage Village, Long Island NY on March 3, 2017 yielded some nice architectural photos. #architecture #americana #redbarn #clapboard #windows #alongthisroad

My first and only Mardi Gras parade. March 2, 2014. NOLA #mardigrasparade #alongthisroad #nola #mardigras #parade

This week's Substack is inspired by the day my dad turned me into a geranium thief. Some bloomscrolling instead of doomscrolling will do us all some good. Click here to read: click.alongthisroad.com/Bloomscrolling #bloomscrolling #vincentprice #flowers

A Great Blue Heron on the great Blue Ridge Parkway. February 28, 2017. #heron #blueridgeparkway #greatblueheron #bird #alonthisroad

A #bluesky miracle in New Mexico. Another filling station along Interstate 40. February 27, 2014. #route66 #milagro #newmexicotrue #vintagesign

My favorite tree in this neighborhood. My friend’s family gave it to her as Mothers Day sapling over 30 years ago. Now it’s a magnificent first harbinger of spring. Not yet this year but it was in full glory on February 26, 2023. #pink #spring #tuliptree #bloom #bloomscrolling #wnc #alongthisroad

View from the East Bay. February 25, 2016. #sanfrancisco #eastbay #bridge #bluesky #bayarea #alongthisroad

Have you seen Rock City? I have. Chattanooga TN. February 24, 2017. #seerockcity #rockcity #chattanooga #alongthisroad

Always a great stop #alongthisroad in Southern Utah. Monticello UT. February 23, 2019. #utah #southwesth #bluesky #arch #prism #redrock #bigview

This week's along this road Substack post is inspired by a sermon on self-centeredness by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #alongthisroad #selfcenteredness #chooselove #martinlutherkingjr #nemesis

My favorite filling station #alongthisroad in the #goldenhour. Shamrock TX. February 21, 2017. #vintage #route66 #texaspanhandle #gasstation #architecture #roadtrip #nostalgia #americana #conoco @conocophillips.bsky.social

In honor of her birthday, here’s a very Diane Arbus pic of my mother and me waiting for a train #alongthisroad. It’s the companion pic to the mystery photo I posted last week. #familyphotos #1960s #vintagelosangeles

I like how the clouds look more like mountains than the mountains do. Joshua Tree CA. February 19, 2010. #joshuatree #nature #bluesky #desert #travel #alongthisroad

A sweet House Finch in Santa Fe NM. February 18, 2015. #birds #housefinch #finch #alongthisroad

Blue sky and one bud starting to open in Austin TX on February 17, 2016. #hope #spring #bluesky #austin #alongthisroad

Inspired by President Lincoln and Olympic athletes, today's post unpacks the mirage of otherness in yet another exhortation for us all to Choose Love. #chooselove #presidentsday #enddivision #differenttogether #alongthisroad

One of my favorite bridges at dusk. The George Washington Bridge — NYC to New Jersey. February 15, 2018. #nyc #bridge #gwbridge #alongthisroad #blur #dusk #urbanphotography

One of my fave food trucks. Austin TX. February 14, 2018. #foodtruck #urbanphotography #austintx #alongthisroad #keepaustinweird

Early pink flowers and blue skies on February 13, 2023 in Western North Carolina. #alongthisroas #bluesky #pinkflowers #spring

Almost all goats in Western North Carolina descend from Carl Sandburg’s goats. 🐐 February 12, 2022. #goat #wnc #alongthisroad

New Mexico: Where the antelope play! February 11, 2016. #antelope #newmexicotrue #alongthisroad

Something different today. Couldn’t find a good photo taken on February 10 but this was scanned on February 10, 2018. Taken in the late 1960s. I’m about to get on a train. But where? Any guesses? #vintagephoto #trains #mysterylocation #1960s #americana #alongthisroad

The pure possibility of meditation. Asian Art Museum. San Francisco CA. February 9, 2013. #meditation #art #asianart #buddha #alongthisroad

Spring started early last year in Western North Carolina. #starmagnolia #wnc #alongthisroad

I started three different posts this week — and they all felt heavy. I need a break from heavy. How about you? Here’s a poem of hope and healing for heavy times by the extraordinary Naomi Shihab Nye. #poetry #hope #inspiration #naomishihabnye #alongthisroad

Gnarled juniper in the Petrified Forest AZ. 2017. #alongthisroad #trees

I swear I randomly came upon this Santa Fe postcard shot on a walk. February 5, 2020. #santafe #adobe #ristra #redchile #winters #vintagetruck #newmexico #newmexicotrue #alingthisroad

I always know I’m back in my hometown when I pass the iconic giant donut after leaving LAX. February 4, 2023. #vintagelosangeles #socal #losangeles #travel #alongthisroad

@above96th.bsky.social LOVE your photos. I think you’re a fab birder and photographer! What camera/lens do you use?

Golden hour walk in Santa Fe NM. February 3, 2018. #shadows #goldenhour #santafe #alongthisroad

Faux church from Oppenheimer set. Snowy day. Abiquiu NM. February 2, 2022. #church #snow #abiquiu #newmexicotrue #alongthisroad

This week's Substack is for my dear friend Celia. It's about facing down long-held habits of perfectionism and procrastination. It's about all the ways we lie to ourselves. And mostly, it's about facing our bad habits through Love to change ourselves and the world. #livingLove #alongthisroad

Santa Fe sunset. January 31, 2018. #purplesky #sunset #santafe #newmexicotrue #alongthisroad

Another lighthouse. East Coast this time. Robert Moses State Park, Long Island NY. January 30, 2016. #alongthisroad #lighthouse #longisland #bluesky

Fun with filters. Mendocino sunset. Which one do you like better? January 29, 2017. #sunset #ocean #mendocino #nocal #alongthisroad

A quintessential Northern California coastline capture. January 28, 2017. #nocal #bluesky #ocean #lighthouse #bird #pacific #alongthisroad

Everything sparkles after an ice storm. Today. WNC. #icestorm #alongthisroad #nature