This special section of THE WASH chronicles experiences, observations, photos and art that 118 partners Lissa Weinmann and John Loggia made while traveling in a Tesla 7333 miles across the US from December 2022 through February 2023.

Kali Quinn’s ‘Compassionate Creativity’ & Border Life

We visited with Kali Quinn, director of the Center for Compassionate Creativity in Bisbee, Arizona, a hilly old copper mining town about 10 miles from the US/Mexico border. Kali is a multimedia artist who used to live in Brattleboro. Former Marlboro College...

California Streamin’

The New Year’s weather forecast in California was frightening. Wave upon wave of news reports warned of the newest climate trend: ‘Atmospheric rivers.’ These gargantuan systems heavy with moisture would crawl over the Pacific Ocean to hit California’s fabulous and fragile coastal regions, soaking the soil like never before. Catastrophic weather, the reports warned, would cost lives.