If you’re in the Phoenix area on the evening of June 7th, come out to the City of Gilbert’s Riparian Institute and enjoy a nature walk through the 110-acre preserve and listen to music by several members of the Mesa Symphony and yours truly. I’ll be playing harp and classical guitar near where the walk [...]
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Upcoming Performance – June 7, 2008
Posted in Arizona, Community, Gilbert, Phoenix, classical guitar, desert, free music, guitar, harp, music, nature, outdoors, performance on Sunday, May 25, 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Fresh Perspective
Posted in Spirituality, gratitude, nature, outdoors, the journey, transformation, writing on Friday, August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s funny but on reviewing my last post in light of a comment, I realized that it could easily be misunderstood. I decided to go ahead and post something by way of clarification that I’ve had on the back burner for awhile. It continues the sky and mountain imagery that seems to be such a [...]
Rare and Beautiful Weather Phenomenon
Posted in Arizona, country life, nature, outdoors, sky photos, weather on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
0534 MST, Parks, Arizona – The rising sun illumines one area of virga, a weather phenomenon where rainfall evaporates before it can reach the ground:
Within minutes a whole veil of virga, glowing orange in the early morning sky, forms to the west of the San Francisco Peaks. This photo gives only a rough idea [...]
Distant Thunder
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, nature, outdoors, sky photos, weather on Monday, July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a lot of rumbling off in the distance, but I think I can get a post in before the next round of monsoon activity gets too close. That’s the story of my life lately - trying to squeeze in online sessions between thunderstorms. It’s led to a lot of very late nights recently, but [...]
Arizona Summer Monsoon
Posted in Arizona, Northern Arizona, country life, nature, outdoors, sky photos, weather, wildfire on Friday, July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The late morning through afternoon thunderstorms, so characteristic of midsummer in the Arizona high country, have been playing havoc with my computer work. Sometimes I can sneak some work in early in the day, but most of it has to happen from late afternoon to the wee hours of the morning, in order to avoid [...]
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