Around the Mountain: A Road Trip Zine (Digital Edition)

Why do all our problems feel so big when we’re so much smaller than everything else? That thought echoes wherever we go, and grounds every journey if you let it. That became clearer the closer D. Crawley and her partner came to the mountains.

Around the Mountain: A Road Trip Zine, is a zine (aka perzine) that takes readers on a 38-page intimate journey through poems, artwork, and photography, documenting a road trip to witness the 2023 eclipse in Butte County, California. As the author and her partner drive through mountain country, they see nature’s pastoral beauty and the remains of its terrifying power while driving up the winding roads of wildfire country. Through reflections on the grandness of the universe and our place within it, D.Crawley blends optimism with existential musing, reminding us we are part of nature’s cycles and the importance of getting perspective to find what really matters to you.