<![CDATA[Field Guide to Americans: atlas on sunday]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/s/atlas-on-sundayshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zt14!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F19185f5c-04d8-4a4f-bdfc-500dd61610b7_1280x1280.pngField Guide to Americans: atlas on sundayhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/s/atlas-on-sundaysSubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 05:07:29 GMT<![CDATA[A story about grit and grief]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/a-meditation-on-griefhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/a-meditation-on-griefMon, 04 Sep 2023 06:25:17 GMTvol. 5 issue 14

vol. 5 AOS 12

Greetings,

Recently, I watched unseen as a man lifted the lid of a Dumpster in the back alley of an apartment complex. The scene was unfolding across the street from where …

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]]><![CDATA[How ETs remind us of what it is to be human]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/how-ets-remind-us-of-what-it-is-tohttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/how-ets-remind-us-of-what-it-is-toMon, 31 Jul 2023 05:44:50 GMTvol. 5 AOS 12

Jolar
Jolar. Credit: Aaron Sims.

Greetings,

By now, I reckon you’re aware that aliens are among us. Or at least, that’s what we’re being told. I am one of those who does not need to be convinc…

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]]><![CDATA[Why be scared of AI?]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/why-be-scared-of-aihttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/why-be-scared-of-aiMon, 24 Jul 2023 02:31:45 GMTvol. 5 AOS 11

Sequins Paris. Credit: Kirakiradolls.

Greetings,

This week is one for the annals of simulacra, were there such a thing. I don’t know. Maybe there is. Maybe there isn’t. If I imagined it, i…

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]]><![CDATA[Sounds fishy]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sounds-fishyhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sounds-fishyMon, 17 Jul 2023 04:13:15 GMTvol. 5 AOS 10

the fish and the worm
The Fish and the Worm. Credit: Ricardo Chucky.

Greetings,

Here’s what happened this week across the Ensouled Universe and docu-mental. Okay, more like, here’s what happened this weekend…

El…

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]]><![CDATA[A brief meditation on pain]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/a-brief-meditation-on-painhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/a-brief-meditation-on-painMon, 10 Jul 2023 06:01:21 GMTvol. 5 AOS 9

(FREE) blue mist
Blue Mist. Credit: sqdpxl.

Greetings,

I sustained three head injuries yesterday, each more painful than the one before it. The first two came as I was pruning a maple tree. Those whacks jus…

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]]><![CDATA[docu-mental wins an award]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/docu-mental-wins-an-awardhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/docu-mental-wins-an-awardMon, 03 Jul 2023 04:47:04 GMTvol. 5 AOS 8

Midday on The National Bison Range, managed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT).

Greetings,

Until I moved to Montana, if I associated the state with heat at all, it was wi…

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]]><![CDATA[Sweet and sour success]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sweet-and-sour-successhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sweet-and-sour-successMon, 26 Jun 2023 05:17:43 GMTvol. 5 AOS 7

Cherries! (Not sure what kind — Montmorencey?) Credit: Author.

Greetings,

Night is just now beginning to fall here in Montana. Daylight that lasts this late into the evening is a phenomeno…

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]]><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not for sale]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sovereignty-is-not-for-salehttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/sovereignty-is-not-for-saleMon, 19 Jun 2023 06:01:10 GMTvol. 5 AOS 6

Bordering the Rattlesnake Wilderness in Missoula, Montana. Credit: Author.

Greetings,

It’s been two weeks now since I moved to Montana, and I am still getting my bearings, but of all the p…

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]]><![CDATA[True West: opera, horses, and keeping lost time]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/true-west-opera-horses-and-keepinghttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/true-west-opera-horses-and-keepingMon, 12 Jun 2023 04:00:07 GMTvol. 5 AOS 5

Lolo Peak in the Bitterroot Range, Montana. Credit: Author.

Greetings,

This week there wasn’t any new content, but plenty of new things are happening. I have moved to Montana, which scared …

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]]><![CDATA[What makes us, land, others, anything sacred?]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/what-makes-us-land-others-anythinghttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/what-makes-us-land-others-anythingSun, 04 Jun 2023 17:28:13 GMTvol. 5 AOS 5

This week’s round-up from docu-mental and News from the Ensouled Universe.

The water is wide across the Mississippi River at Grant River Recreation Area, Potosi, Wisconsin. Credit: The aut…

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]]><![CDATA[Trolls, poetry, extroverts, and possibly ETs]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/trolls-poetry-extroverts-and-possiblyhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/trolls-poetry-extroverts-and-possiblySun, 28 May 2023 17:21:54 GMTvol. 5 AOS 4

Who Am I? Credit: Caellaigh Art.

This week’s round-up from docu-mental and News from the Ensouled Universe.

Greetings,

Here is the week’s free round-up of events. If you are a paid subscribe…

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]]><![CDATA[Atlas on Sunday]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sunday-1a4https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sunday-1a4Sun, 21 May 2023 16:26:35 GMTvol. 5 AOS 3

The week in review from docu-mental and News from the Ensouled Universe.

Leo in the Dancing Zodiac. Credit: Aqua Sixio

Greetings,

Here are the meatier bits posted here this week, followed by…

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]]><![CDATA[Atlas on Sunday]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sunday-668https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sunday-668Sun, 14 May 2023 19:55:09 GMTvol. 5 AOS 2

Earth Nurses the Filius Philosophorum. Credit: Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (1618)

Greetings,

Yeah, I know. Mother’s Day, yada yada. Here’s an atlas of ways to re/consider that…

May 14

Historical

W…

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]]><![CDATA[Atlas on Sunday]]>https://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sundayhttps://www.whitneymcknight.com/p/atlas-on-sundayMon, 08 May 2023 03:50:44 GMTvol. 5 AOS 1

King on his Horse
King on his Horse. Credit: Joachim Barrum.

Greetings,

Welcome to the first ever Atlas on Sundays.

I figure it’s like a book of maps of where we’ve been this week.

Firstly, thank you to ever…

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