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Fallow fields, Waving Joshuas, Whipping wind, Voluptuous Junipers, Multi-story desert abodes, Exurban sprawl, Rare conglomerations of...
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Reading, Wandering, & Always Becoming
The journey starts with opening a page of a book, continues with walking around and immersing oneself in momentary surroundings, and never ends with a continuous process of becoming - a cumulative force of daily habits!
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No More Delays
Another vote postponed, ’Til February ’23 this time. The matter remains unsettled, In Tahoe, in Los Angeles, where to next? A deadlocked...
Shifting Sands & Superstition
The desert wind lashes impetuously. To the seasoned desert traveler it is only expected, The particular expression of this place, My...
On the Fringes of Amboy in Triple Digits at Midnight
An excerpt from a conversation: "Amboy in particular is a special place. Amazes me how few people realize that there are literal...
Animal Crossings @ Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
In my hiking/wandering/exploring ventures, I've realized and cultivated an "ability" (perhaps just good fortune) to attract wildlife. I...
Into the Badlands
[Zabriskie Point - Death Valley, California] What is profoundly lost in a maze of multicolored striations? A waypoint for the...
Chasing Tail Lights Into The Valley
Late night ventures into The Valley The tail lights of vehicles flash by as instantaneous scarlet ribbons Almost tangible, yet only...
The Endless Field of Desert Gold - Yermo, CA
To preface this chapter, I first went to Yermo in the Spring of 2020. Desert Gold, Five Spot, and Lupines abounded in a field adjacent to...
Apparitions of Death Valley Junction
On the fringes of the "civilized" desert and at the corner of the hottest, driest place in the world is a place where that which is...
Cool Thesis Maps & Figures & The "New West"!
Map of my study area, the Morongo Basin, situated within southern California (graciously created by fellow CSULB Geography MA grad...
Sitting Under a Western Joshua Tree
On a warm evening in late May of the year 2022, I find myself sitting under a western Joshua tree contemplating its future. Really, it’s...
Amboy to Zzyzx with Davis (Journal Entry)
03/27/22: Grateful to have this opportunity to take a respite from life and travel the Great Mojave Wilderness with my bub. I wanted to...
It's 5:55 Somewhere
Dappled sunlight striking a lucid surface. Enough left to give more life Yet the shadows move in and out Like waves breaking, ebbing, and...
Ode to the Guardians of the Mojave
Erected out of glistening marble Muted by the perpetual forces of time and the desert wind, Forever poised and ready to defend. A mother...
Seeking the Divine at 5,575 ft.
Dante's View, Death Valley, CA Perched a mile above The Valley, With a view so transcendent. A name inspired by a timeless epic, A...
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