I was reading what I wrote back in October last year about how I needed to step away from the noise and it dawned on me that I actually never truly did step away. In the 9 months since…
I had to cancel photo shoot plans in Joshua Tree National Park this past weekend due to rain and wind rolling into the Coachella and Yucca Valleys. It wasn’t quite as sad as it may sound. We don’t get…
Cleaning up some areas of my desk and drawers, I came across this poem by Marlene Seven Bremner written last year for me on National Poetry Month at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA. It still feels as relevant…
Living in the desert I sometimes forget how soothing the sound of water is. They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice…
We have been flooded with information, noise since February. And it’s gotten louder and louder throughout the year. Part of me can’t believe it’s October already, Where has the time gone? Drowned out in noise, anxiety, so-called “productivity”. I…
As many of you, I find myself with more time on my hand on weekends during the Covid-19 pandemic. After spending the first few weeks getting settled into a new routine, I am now getting back to a more…
This is after all my favorite hiking trail. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de…
The race started early in the morning. The moon was still up. The sun was slowly climbing up its way on the horizon. It was a beautiful day. Then the next hour and 12 minutes was a slow uphill…
I know, right? Why didn’t we come up with this idea? I seriously need to work on my “world famous” art. What world famous thing could I create? The World Famous Crochet Museum was created in 2006 by the…
I signed up for a 5k race in Huntington Beach last year. Race day finally came. This year. It’s been a long and busy summer and I just wasn’t in the mood for running a race. Well, you already…
Art California Exploring Joshua Tree National Park Photography
Glass Outhouse Art Gallery, Twentynine Palms
As I am driving east on Highway 62, leaving Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree National Park behind me, there is nothing left in my view, just a long road through the desert. A few minutes in I see a…
A super bloom is a sudden outbreak of wildflowers that exceeds a regular spring bloom. After the heavy rain and colder weather this winter in Southern California, enough water was locked in the soil for dormant wildflower seeds to…