As I drove across Garland Prairie last week, the light of a full moon illumined the snow and the pines, casting deep shadows across the frozen ground. It was a beautiful and a bittersweet sight. The song of a great horned owl greeted me as I got out of my car and crunched through the [...]
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Moonlight on High Country Snows and Rain in the Desert
Posted in Arizona, Friends, Northern Arizona, country life, journal, nature, the journey on Sunday, January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Star Light, Star Bright
Posted in DIY, General, Life, Northern Arizona, country life, journal, outdoors on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I miss about the Arizona high country is the dark night skies. I’ve been back up in Parks for two days to do some more work on the place and I went out tonight to look at the sky. The stars were breathtakingly bright in the cold, clear air at 7,000 feet. While [...]
Dancin’ With the River
Posted in Adventure, Arizona, Friends, Northern Arizona, fun, nature, outdoors, travel on Sunday, November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fun, friends, hikes up side canyons to hot springs, wildlife–it was soooo good to get out on the river! The weather was absolutely perfect–low eighties air temp, low fifties water temp. The sky was clear and we had a full moon. It was a real stroke of luck for it to be so [...]
The Autumn Leaves
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, nature, outdoors, travel on Sunday, November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t blogged in quite a while and I’m just now posting the aspen pics I promised.
The leaves were already pretty well gone up on the San Francisco Peaks when I came up from Phoenix about three weeks ago. I did find a couple of late-turners, though, and discovered one tree that had been [...]
On the Track and Picking Up Steam
Posted in Arizona, Friends, Northern Arizona, dreams, fitness, guitar, music, weather, web design, web development, weight loss, writing on Monday, October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been over a week since I last posted, so I thought I’d do a brief update at least…
I spent most of last week in Phoenix job-hunting and apartment-scouting. I’ve got a line on a guitar teaching position at a music store, which I will know more on at the end of this week, [...]
Nexus Point
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, imagination, outdoors, the journey on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The leaves are just starting to turn and it’s an absolutely gorgeous day in the Arizona high country. A cold front come through last night and the air today is cool and crisp. I can hear the light wind out of the southwest skirling around the corner of my office as I write this post. [...]
Mosaico Flamenco at Tlaquepaque
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, flamenco, fun, guitar, music, performance on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As I walked across the cobblestoned parking area shaded by tall sycamores, I could hear rasgueados on flamenco guitars and the punctuated taconeo of a bailora’s dance floating out of the Patio del Norte.
September 8, 2007 was the 34th annual “Fiesta del Tlaquepaque” (pronounced: “ta – lockee – pockee”) which celebrates Mexican Independence Day with [...]
Jump. Fall. Fly. Again.
Posted in Adventure, Arizona, Life, Northern Arizona, emergency services, firefighting, journal, scary, the journey, transformation on Thursday, September 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The metaphor of skydiving that I used in my original “Jump. Fall. Fly.” post of a few months ago has taken on new meaning. I’ve been hanging onto the edge of the jump door resisting this one for a while now, but the time has come to let go and take the dive. This bird [...]
Sunflowers in the Arizona Sunshine
Posted in Arizona, Friends, Northern Arizona, country life, exercise, health, nature, outdoors on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s getting close to the last hurrah for the wild sunflowers that dot my yard and line Arizona’s roadways in the late summer. They are definitely getting close to “bloomed out.” These two pictures were taken about a week ago in my front yard. The ones I saw today, on my return trip from Phoenix, [...]
7 Survival Tips for Visitors to Northern Arizona
Posted in Adventure, Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, emergency services, outdoors, travel, weather on Saturday, September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some Straight Talk and Sage Advice From an Old, Rural EMT/Firefighter
On a trip to the closest grocery store tonight (30 mile round trip), I beheld a sight that made me change my mind about posting anything more before tomorrow.
There were two guys in camoflauge and good old boy caps standing in the middle of the [...]
Meteors and Moonshadows Near the Mogollon Rim
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, astronomy, country life, fun, nature, outdoors, skywatching on Saturday, September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
0500 MST, Parks, AZ – The Aurigid Meteor Shower was well worth staying up for, but I’m just about ready to call it a night. I saw several dozen meteors between 0330 and 0440 MST, some of them fairly bright. There were about half a dozen that were truly “ooh” and “aah” worthy, despite [...]
Aurigid Meteor Shower
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, astronomy, fun, nature, outdoors, sky photos, skywatching on Friday, August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Tonight we’re on a once in a lifetime pass through the dust trail of comet Kiess, a known long period comet. Margie sent me a link on the Aurigid meteor shower from NASA’s Ames Research Center website.
The Aurigid shower should be visible from the far western United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Mexico for about an [...]
Chilling Out in the High Country
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, journal, nature, outdoors, weather on Thursday, August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fall is just around the corner in the Arizona high country. The nighttime low was 42 degrees Farenheit last night and this is the first morning since spring that I’ve had to go back in the house and get a jacket for my morning sojourn out on the deck.
There were blue jays hopping about in [...]
Summer Rains in the Arizona High Country
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, novel writing, weather, writing on Monday, August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The summer monsoons have returned to this area of the Arizona high country. Several thunderstorms moved through today (I can hear one still booming in distance even now) and the power was out for awhile.
I’m glad that I got my acre of weeds mowed yesterday, before the rains came back. My front yard looks like [...]
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