The Journal

The Crossing, re-homed.

The ten chapters live on as the editorial archive — inspiration, and the reading beneath every journey. Each chapter tags the journey it belongs to.

Trees and stone terraces in Trsteno Arboretum near Dubrovnik

Chapter 1

The Landfall

Citrus aurantium · Platanus orientalis

Journal only / future journey

Chapter 2

Trebinje

Rosmarinus · Salvia

→ Journey I · The Karst Spring

Chapter 3

Stolac

Lavandula angustifolia

→ Journey I · The Karst Spring

The whitewashed dervish house at Blagaj set into the limestone cliff above the turquoise Buna spring

Chapter 4

Mostar & Blagaj

Helichrysum italicum

→ Journey I · The Karst Spring

Chapter 5

Konjic

Salvia · Neretva gorge flora

→ Journey II · The Layered Kingdom

Chapter 6

Sarajevo

Allium ursinum

→ Journey II · The Layered Kingdom

Chapter 7

Jajce & Travnik

Sambucus nigra

→ Journey II · The Layered Kingdom

Chapter 8

Igman & Lukomir

Hypericum perforatum

→ Journey III · The Still Point

Chapter 9

Bihać & Una

Rosa canina · Filipendula ulmaria

Journal only / future journey

Chapter 10

Sutjeska

Gentiana lutea · Juniperus

Journal only / future journey

Dispatches

Clear green spring water over a pale, mossy stone bed at Vrelo Bosne, a wall of forest rising and reflected behind it

Sarajevo · 4 min

At the Source

The spring the collection is named for — green water at the foot of Igman, and the current the whole crossing follows.

Vrelo Field Notes · 12 July 2026

Blue-hour view of the Miljacka river in Sarajevo, streetlamps reflected in the dark water below stone embankment walls, a minaret and old façades against a deep blue sky

Sarajevo · 4 min

Blue Hour, Baščaršija

A city of thresholds at dusk — the Miljacka glassy between its walls, the old town string-lit above the river.

Vrelo Field Notes · 12 July 2026

The emerald-green Neretva seen from the Old Bridge in Mostar, a red raft drifting over the pale rocky bed with bazaar terraces on the bank

Herzegovina · 5 min

Bridge and Source

Two kinds of water, a day apart — the green Neretva under the Old Bridge, and the Buna erupting cold from the cliff at Blagaj.

Vrelo Field Notes · 12 July 2026

Herzegovina · 5 min

Where the Buna Begins

In Blagaj, a whole river rises from the foot of a cliff — cold, clear, and complete. A short field note on the quietest wonder in Herzegovina.

Vrelo Field Notes · 20 May 2026

Herzegovina · 6 min

A Table That Takes All Afternoon

Lunch in Herzegovina is not a course between sights. It is the sight. On fire-cooked food, cold wine, and the art of the unhurried table.

Vrelo Field Notes · 8 April 2026

Herzegovina · 4 min

In Praise of the Shoulder Seasons

Late spring and early autumn are when Herzegovina is most itself: warm days, cold rivers, and the light without the crowds.

Vrelo Field Notes · 30 September 2025