Long week. For the weekend, here's something Jane Goodall told me in 2015: "Too often we're told, 'think globally, act locally.' If you think too long globally, you become depressed. But twist it around, you act locally and see what you and your friends can do to make a difference."

I use a lot of custom feeds on BlueSky, but this one is one of my favorites for seeing good content from accounts I’m not following.

After climbing 3000 feet up a steep couloir, I decided to sit for a moment and take in the scenery. (I’ve posted this before, but it works for the BSAS theme of #Relax ) iPhone photo from a late May climb in the Elk range a few years back. #BlueSkyArtShow #Mountaineering #Alpinism #Mountains

Early October at McClure Pass, Colorado. Not current conditions. I photographed this three years ago. #Mountainscape #Colorado #Scape #AutumnColors

Real “small boulder the size of a large boulder” energy here.

Climbed up this big stack of rocks over the weekend. Great views. Mediocre light and a bit early for the spectacle of autumn colors. #RockinTuesday #Mountains #Colorado #SummitView

The Maroon Bells dressed in their autumn best. They don’t call it colorful Colorado for nothing! Love the autumn magic in the high Rockies. #MountainMonday #ClassicMono #ColorfulColorado #RockyMountains #BlackAndWhiteLandscape #Mountainscape

"Forgotten Tracks at Kenosha" Forgotten rails curve into a field of autumn gold, leading toward aspens, ridges, and a storm-lit sky over Kenosha Pass. #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Fujifilm #Colorado #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #KenoshaPass

As always, I am a sucker for slow dirt roads. Another shot from Alaska six years ago. #TheRoad #BlueSkyArtShiw #Alaska #AutumnColors #Autumn

Autumn colors and termination dust on Alaska’s Turnagain Pass. September 2019. #autumncolora #scape #alaska #terminationdust #mountainscape

I touched snow today.

I really like BlueSky. Am I frustrated about a few things? Sure. But this is without a doubt the best microblogging platform.

Happy equinox. #Colorado #AutumnColors #PumpkinSpoce #MountainMonday

'Ascension / Descension' (2025) -- After 10 Months of Time Off, I'm Finally Working Again, Currently Only Part Time, to Ease Back Into the System, Ba Na Hills Amusement Park, DaNang, Central Vietnam #BlueSkyArtShow ✨ #Photography #Architecture #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

My weekly photography post: Seward harbor, Alaska. #BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Alaska #Clouds #Mountains

#BlueskyArtShow #Angles #SpiderWeb #ChainLinkFence #ClassicMono

A Russian TV journalist spent some time with Colorado Matters a while back. At the time, she explained to us that her network was streaming-only (and still vulnerable) because the regime had taken them off the air. There's a reason the First Amendment comes first.

Thinking again about my relationship with social media. Surely there is an alternative that gives me some of the upsides of having a digital social footprint without as much as the toxic baggage? Both collectively and at individual level. (maybe our decline is the sum of our collective malaise?)

I’m very much in the camp that social media can be harmful. But I am extremely wary of the takes saying exactly that because they create groundwork for censorship and that is especially dangerous right now seeing who is currently in power.

“Downburst” The problem with having such a nice view from my deck is I’m not compelled to go chase scenic photos as much. I have a small child. I’m pretty thrilled to stay home and watch the storms roll in. #Home #BlueSkyArtShow #StormCloud #Rain

Hello friends! I’ve missed posting here. Today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Home. Here’s mine 😊 #photography #nature #mountains #art #travel #naturephotography #landscape #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #autumn

Mid September, interior Alaska. 2019. “Termination Dust”: As the snow first appears on the mountaintops and moves down in elevation as autumn progresses. #mountainscape #snowscape #scape #TerminationDust #autumn

Been posting a lot on X the last few days. This is without a doubt the best social media platform but since I made a choice not to engage much in news and politics here, I find myself doing that there. Like this place is too precious for my midwit takes or whatever. I’ll post a photo tomorrow 😕

The thing about living off grid much of my early adult life is I missed out on a lot of pop culture stuff and don’t get a lot of references. I just found out that the television medical procedural where Hugh Laurie solved mysteries while being a jerk was not called “Bones” — different show!

These photos are from a summer snow on September 8, 2020. Snapped on the trails near my home just before sunset. It was 80°F only a two days before. September snows, once common on Colorado’s Front Range, are now extremely rare. #summer #snow #colorado #BlueSkyArtShow

For two years, Carol Stires, 64, has been caring for an abandoned wild horse that's living on a sliver of public land on Colorado's Arkansas River, between Florence and Penrose. “I never expected to make friends with a wild horse,” she tells @denverpost.com's Elise Schmelzer

Been listening to a lot of Godspeed You! Black Emperor lately and… Blaise Bailey Finnegan III — assuming he’s still alive — went MAGA, right? Surely some alt 'zine wrote a thinkpiece about this already.

Grand Tetons, Snake River overlook. Yes, I’m aping Ansel Adams here. #mountainscape #wyoming #classicmono #BlackAndWhiteLandscape

I absolutely hate the “exercise can cure depression!” crowd. Not only is it extremely ableist, it simply isn’t true. I exercise a lot. I don’t have a job, might as well. Sure, the endorphins are nice but they just mask the misery underneath. I’m in the best shape of my life. Still depressed af.

A September 1st summit sunrise from 2020 after the high peaks got their first tiny dusting of snow. #MountainMonday #Mountainscape #Sunburst #Sunsrise #FirstSnow #Colorado

This is all to harass people memorializing the deaths of 49 people in case you forgot

this is why I pay for photoshop

'Rorschach' (2014) -- a Long Exposure of Light Reflected Off of Almost Still Waters Creates Fuzzy, Mesmerizing Frequencies in Linear Fashion, Central Park, Manhattan, NYC #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

This shiny airplane fuselage contrasts nicely with the autumn foliage. #AutumnColors #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny #Colorado

Banded rock abstract.

IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction

As a guy who married someone much more successful than I could ever dream to be, I’m very happy for Travis Kelce. Sure, I’m a Broncos fan but I have nothing but respect for him and I hope he gets to be a stay home dad in retirement like I’ve been able to do. 😇

Really enjoying Long Story Short on Netflix. Only two episodes in but 🥰 Keep in mind I’m the sort of ’80s kid who found Bojack Horseman the pinnacle of adult cartoon drama. So maybe not for everyone 🤷🏼‍♂️

When I was a child you used to be able to find Australian rules football on cable. It was incredible. It’s impossible* to watch in North America now. I’m becoming convinced that the powers of American football fear losing their audience and conspire to keep it off the air. 🤓

Denver skyline at sunset. September 2020. Pretty sure wildfire smoke had something to do with that color. #reflection #sunset #BlueSkyArtShow #Denver #Skyline

Elk Range summit views. #diptych #mountainscape #colorado #LandscapePhotography #scape #RockyMountains

It’s not really cold cold until -10° C (Assuming calm winds, etc.)

Colorado people: Does anyone remember a news story from the 1990s about a photographer who took a popular photo of a tree and became so enraged about other photographers attempting to duplicate his image that he took a chainsaw to the tree? Maybe it was the '80s? I think Garden of the Gods?

I switched my major from philosophy to journalism. Currently jobless and feeling on stupid at the moment 🤣

Georgia O'Keeffe, Pink and Yellow Hollyhocks, 1952 #art

Rocky Mountain alpine lake diptych.

Love to fly over the Grand Canyon and enjoy the scenery 🙃

"A Labyrinth of Lumina" #Photography #monochrome #Details

“What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.” - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina