When you learn the landscape, something as subtle as a dip in the road can yield a story.

This view looks east down E. 10th Street, in near-East Oakland. The territory is what I call the

Sam wrote to ask, “I wonder about the gradual understanding of ‘deep present’ and of geologic time and presence, the change in perspective of how the world feels around you as you gain more and more understanding of it. I wonder if you can recall this experience of your early education in geology or perhaps further understanding of Oakland’s particular geology, and the feelin...