I was fortunate to come across this open water near Tavasci Marsh at sunset, just when the world was golden.
It reminded me how beautiful our planet is, in all its changing moods.
Water and light, combining to bring joy in the moment.
A photograph is a secret about a secret.
The more it tells you, the less you know.
~Diana Arbus~
This is one determined, retired school bus, pulling that old pickup along behind. It’s almost as though the decorations of new paint on the bus counterbalance the lack of paint on the truck. I can see in my mind’s eye the fun it must have been to inscribe all of those circles. Now I wish I…
Every so often Amazon allows me to offer one of my books FREE on Kindle. This week, FIRE IN BROKEN WATER is it! If you’ve not read this third release in the Pegasus Quincy mystery series set in the Verde Valley, now is the time! And if you like, leave a review for me, too?…
As you drive through Oak Creek Canyon, you’ll see a sign for Ensinoso Park. There, if you stop your car and walk down the hill you’ll find this secret place. I’ve visited when it is dressed in winter white and fall gold, but nothing is so startling as the passionate green of summer, when the…
Sandstone is a soft rock, its edges worn smooth by the wind and summer cloudbursts. The red color is formed by a thin layer of iron pyrite surrounding each grain of sand. But seeing the rock, prevalent in the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, is no substitute for feeling it. On…
Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver My rating: 5 of 5 stars Although wildly famous for her lyrical poetry, Mary Oliver has become my new favorite essayist after Ursula le Guin. Both women in their 80s (Le Guin recently passed away), both astute wise women. Mary Oliver’s poetry came from early roamings and ramblings in…
I love old doors! When I found these two in an ancient house, I was hooked. They have weathered time and hardship and still are standing with a special beauty all their own. They remind me of family. My sister and I have had our differences over the years, and our moments of joy together….