Writing
Memoir, poetry, and essays rooted in the California coast, the passage of time, and the grace found in ordinary moments.
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Thomas Gilbert
Writer. Musician. Songwriter—Lyricist.
Music
Three albums of original songs — fingerpicked guitar, open tunings, and lyrics that live close to the ground.
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Photography
Decades of images from the California coast, the redwoods, the high Sierra, and the quiet in between.
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Featured Work
The Truest River
A Creative Non-Fiction, Literary Memoir
In the summer of 1970, a young man set out on a bicycle along the California coast, heading south toward Big Sur and Carmel. The Truest River is the memoir of that journey — and of everything it set in motion. A book about youth, landscape, faith, and the long arc of a creative life.
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