Notice more. follow less.
The world is more interesting than your algorithm suggests
Field Marks helps you follow your own curiosity, finding places that interest you and giving you new ways to notice more once you get there.
why field marks
How you experience a place matters as much as where you go
I’m Laurie. Somewhere between decades of storytelling and training as a Master Naturalist, I got interested in noticing. Especially when I’m traveling, I want to really get to know a place, not just skim it.
Travel used to run on curiosity, but these days its seems like it just runs on suggestions: the same ten destinations, the same selfie shots, the same overcrowded cafes. Because that is what the feed rewards.
Field Marks is my answer to that. Together let’s dive into following YOUR interests (and not the algorithm’s) and noticing more once you get there.
Featured Destinations
There’s always more to notice
Subscribe to hear about the latest additions to Field Marks—from new places and stories to photographs, recordings, and field notes. You’ll also get occasional personal essays written for subscribers.
What I’m Noticing
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📷 Halloween in Tokyo in the Rain: A Photo Essay
Rain, neon and no-drinking signs: 14 photos of Halloween night in Tokyo, from quiet Shimokitazawa streets to Shinjuku’s street-drinking ban.
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📝 Live Music in Shimokitazawa: Three Bands at Spread, Tokyo
Our Halloween in Tokyo didn’t go to plan. Rain and street-party limits sent us to three bands in a Shimokitazawa basement, and we loved it.
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🔊 Three Calls to Prayer, One Mountain: A Soundscape from Khaplu, Pakistan
A recording of three overlapping adhans, caught while descending a Karakoram switchback trail by phone light.
Hi, I'm Laurie
For years, I traveled with a camera, and it helped me see the world. Then I became a Master Naturalist and I started seeing, and traveling, differently.
Learning to observe the natural world and all its connections transformed the way I experience every place I visit. Now, I look for the relationships between people and landscape, food and history, language and place. And I know that means I have to slow down to notice the details that reveal these connections. Through Field Marks, I hope to help you develop those same habits of observation, so your travels become richer, more meaningful, and uniquely your own.
