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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!
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...
Muggy Summer Days
The clouds roll in, emblazoned by the yawning sunrise. Lighthearted wisps of flames spreading overhead from the East. Vestiges of the...
A Night in the Temblor Range
As the evening makes its final farewells heard clearly, ringing through the fields, the canyons, the hills. As the daylight drains out of...
Late Afternoon in a Subalpine Meadow
Late afternoon light in a subalpine meadow, a feeling of ecstasy washes over me while the Aspens wave in concert, nothing else matters...
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...
Angel's Flight
This poem, based jointly on my experience and the unique history of the Angel's Flight railway, is written experimentally, in the format...
On Competing Uses of Public Space - The 6th Street Viaduct
Recently I journeyed over to the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles with the intention of checking out the newly opened 6th Street...
Calle Olvera - Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California
I briefly visited this enclave tucked away in the core of Los Angeles on a bright, hot Monday - July 18th, 2022. Even on a weekday,...
Chasing the Summit of Mt. Wheeler
13,065 ft. High in the Snake Range - It took four years for the moment of triumph to come. An incidental exercise in delayed...
Carrizo Cows & Fences - Where the Old West is Alive
Literal painted hills! Vibrant colors come alive in this one. A dream farmhouse for sure. Random cattle fencing abutting a wildflower...
Dreaming of A Muse In the Waves
There was a time during my eight year long stay in Long Beach in which I would go to the beach nearly every single night. Late at night....
A Journey Along the Great Basin Highway
… Limitless? A matter of debate, certainly. The two-lane highway follows the horizon: imperceptibly stretching into the ether. The Great...
Red-Streaked Tears of the Angels (Elysian Overpass)
Rising silently over the 110 freeway the Elysian hills a void in the otherwise bright cityscape an Angel waits watching, meticulously...
Wildflowers of the Carrizo Plain
Apologies for any incorrect identifications/classifications. I did not yet have a ready way of accomplishing this task in the field. Also...
A Little Place Near Baldy
I can't say where it is, but it's magical. Just off the road and below a bridge. Not the famous Bridge to Nowhere. Just some...
But What Is Meant For You Is Already Yours
Hear that sound? It's the wind meandering its way through existence. With the light gracing the Olive trees, just this moment and none...
A Love Letter to Los Angeles
Dear Los Angeles, I’m writing to let you know that I love you. Deeply and unabashed. Not at first sight, but over time, with miles logged...
From Santa Monica on a Sunday in June
From Santa Monica on a Sunday in June. Montana street is alive With a steady energy That only Sunday may bring. People and their dogs...
Daytripper Review
A comic about life, not just superheroes! This book has resonated with me since the first time I read it in the Fall of 2017, and until I...























