Alexis Adams
@alexismarieadams.bsky.social
Words on nature, culture for NYT, Guardian, Scientific American, NatGeo, Orion, others. Lately writing birds, trees. Mother, sea-swimmer, mountain walker. Southern Greece & Montana. alexisadamswrites.com
1/3 Very honored to see my article about Albania's Vjosa River delta, a key biodiversity area, and Jared Kushner's designs to participate in its destruction by turning a great swath of it into a massive luxury resort, at the top of the masthead in the New York Times Travel section today...
April 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
1/3 Very honored to see my article about Albania's Vjosa River delta, a key biodiversity area, and Jared Kushner's designs to participate in its destruction by turning a great swath of it into a massive luxury resort, at the top of the masthead in the New York Times Travel section today...
Today she is buzzing with bees.
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Today she is buzzing with bees.
A break from the news to remember the trees.
February 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A break from the news to remember the trees.
Tiny act, felt great anyway.
February 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Tiny act, felt great anyway.
Village elder.
February 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Village elder.
Yesterday’s view from home — sheets of rain and sun, wind rushing through the grove beneath our house. This morning all sunshine and birdsong. European robin, common chiffchaff, gray wagtail if my nascent bird-learning is right…
January 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yesterday’s view from home — sheets of rain and sun, wind rushing through the grove beneath our house. This morning all sunshine and birdsong. European robin, common chiffchaff, gray wagtail if my nascent bird-learning is right…
Early tomorrow morning, a crew and truck from our small-town volunteer fire department will begin the 1,190-mile drive from our corner of Montana to Los Angeles to help fight the fires there. In these times of devastation and despair, I am grateful for the stories of love, like this one.
January 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Early tomorrow morning, a crew and truck from our small-town volunteer fire department will begin the 1,190-mile drive from our corner of Montana to Los Angeles to help fight the fires there. In these times of devastation and despair, I am grateful for the stories of love, like this one.
I wish I could attach PDFs in which case I'd send you some of my other touloumotiri stories; here are screenshots of 2 from a magazine called Culture (about cheese--pun intended). I've also written about it for National Geographic, as part of a larger story on transhumance. Again, nice to meet you!
January 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I wish I could attach PDFs in which case I'd send you some of my other touloumotiri stories; here are screenshots of 2 from a magazine called Culture (about cheese--pun intended). I've also written about it for National Geographic, as part of a larger story on transhumance. Again, nice to meet you!
I first learned about touloumotiri from this incredible woman, but as it turns out, she wasn't really making touloumotiri (you know, I'm sure, that "touloumi" means skin of the animal and "tiri" means cheese...) She was just making cheese--in a barrel--that everyone calls touloumotiri these days.
January 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I first learned about touloumotiri from this incredible woman, but as it turns out, she wasn't really making touloumotiri (you know, I'm sure, that "touloumi" means skin of the animal and "tiri" means cheese...) She was just making cheese--in a barrel--that everyone calls touloumotiri these days.
Here's the clean and salted skin.
January 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here's the clean and salted skin.
I love touloumotiri! I've visited a transhumant shepherd, pictured here, who still makes it each year, and I've written about it a fair bit.
January 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love touloumotiri! I've visited a transhumant shepherd, pictured here, who still makes it each year, and I've written about it a fair bit.
Tonight’s walk—clouds swirling and filling all the empty spaces. And Wyoming over there, once again, all blue skies and evening sun.
January 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Tonight’s walk—clouds swirling and filling all the empty spaces. And Wyoming over there, once again, all blue skies and evening sun.
Tonight’s walk in the half-light along the big toe of the Beartooths and Wyoming over there, all lit up by the last rays of the evening sun.
January 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight’s walk in the half-light along the big toe of the Beartooths and Wyoming over there, all lit up by the last rays of the evening sun.
View from my writing desk this morning: deep winter, which has finally come to Montana. 19°F and the trees sparkle and crackle with rime.
January 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
View from my writing desk this morning: deep winter, which has finally come to Montana. 19°F and the trees sparkle and crackle with rime.
Here at the edge of Montana‘s highest peaks we just had one of our first snowfalls. Usually by now, we are at least knee-deep in snow, but this was barely a skiff.
January 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Here at the edge of Montana‘s highest peaks we just had one of our first snowfalls. Usually by now, we are at least knee-deep in snow, but this was barely a skiff.
The nithering north needling (wo)man’s very nature! (Yesterday evening’s very cold walk at the edge of the Beartooths in Montana.) Happy New Year, Rob! (And thanks for yet another title to add to my to-read list!)
December 31, 2024 at 9:16 PM
The nithering north needling (wo)man’s very nature! (Yesterday evening’s very cold walk at the edge of the Beartooths in Montana.) Happy New Year, Rob! (And thanks for yet another title to add to my to-read list!)
Lone limber pine, yesterday. Leaning decidedly toward the wilderness area just behind that mountain. Me too, old pine. Me too.
December 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Lone limber pine, yesterday. Leaning decidedly toward the wilderness area just behind that mountain. Me too, old pine. Me too.
I recently read @julianhoffman.bsky.social's Lifelines--luminous! Now I'm traversing the territory btwn rivers & forests with John Perlin's A Forest Journey & Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky. Soon The Dark is Rising, thanks to your reco, @ericajberry.bsky.social's Wolfish & these others.
December 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I recently read @julianhoffman.bsky.social's Lifelines--luminous! Now I'm traversing the territory btwn rivers & forests with John Perlin's A Forest Journey & Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky. Soon The Dark is Rising, thanks to your reco, @ericajberry.bsky.social's Wolfish & these others.
December 22 and just a few patches of snow left on the high plains of Montana at the edge of the state’s highest peaks. I would be lying if I said that I did not marvel at the beauty of this early winter made unfamiliar and strange by the #climatecrisis, feeling all the while the heartbreak of it.
December 24, 2024 at 3:31 AM
December 22 and just a few patches of snow left on the high plains of Montana at the edge of the state’s highest peaks. I would be lying if I said that I did not marvel at the beauty of this early winter made unfamiliar and strange by the #climatecrisis, feeling all the while the heartbreak of it.
I’m not sure what happened last night, but I woke and found I had almost 200 new followers. Did anyone else experience this rapid blossoming of companionship overnight? In any case, so many thanks to those of you who added me. Happy first days of winter to you from the edge of the Beartooth Front.
December 23, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I’m not sure what happened last night, but I woke and found I had almost 200 new followers. Did anyone else experience this rapid blossoming of companionship overnight? In any case, so many thanks to those of you who added me. Happy first days of winter to you from the edge of the Beartooth Front.
Evening clouds and a breeze off the mountains during our walk tonight on the shortest day of the year. Happy Solstice everyone. Here’s to the return of the light and, with it, renewed vigor to do the good work on behalf of all creatures on this beautiful planet.
December 22, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Evening clouds and a breeze off the mountains during our walk tonight on the shortest day of the year. Happy Solstice everyone. Here’s to the return of the light and, with it, renewed vigor to do the good work on behalf of all creatures on this beautiful planet.
What an honor to read @julianhoffman.bsky.social's gorgeous and generous-hearted new book, Lifelines. Julian's writing is remarkably beautiful, his sensitivity to the world's wild and human places and creatures wise and inspiring. Lifelines is a treasure. To preorder:
eandtbooks.com/books/lifeli...
eandtbooks.com/books/lifeli...
December 20, 2024 at 4:14 AM
What an honor to read @julianhoffman.bsky.social's gorgeous and generous-hearted new book, Lifelines. Julian's writing is remarkably beautiful, his sensitivity to the world's wild and human places and creatures wise and inspiring. Lifelines is a treasure. To preorder:
eandtbooks.com/books/lifeli...
eandtbooks.com/books/lifeli...
Dusk settling onto the rim of the Beartooth mountains at the edge of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Beyond these old
rounded foothills are Montana’s highest peaks and all manner of wildness, despite practically overwhelming efforts to tame, extract and possess. #KeepItWild #NatureWriting
rounded foothills are Montana’s highest peaks and all manner of wildness, despite practically overwhelming efforts to tame, extract and possess. #KeepItWild #NatureWriting
December 19, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Dusk settling onto the rim of the Beartooth mountains at the edge of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Beyond these old
rounded foothills are Montana’s highest peaks and all manner of wildness, despite practically overwhelming efforts to tame, extract and possess. #KeepItWild #NatureWriting
rounded foothills are Montana’s highest peaks and all manner of wildness, despite practically overwhelming efforts to tame, extract and possess. #KeepItWild #NatureWriting
Apparently it needs to head over to Albania.
December 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Apparently it needs to head over to Albania.