We are still in our small cottage in Sedona; herds of javelina run wild at night (see http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/urban_javelina.shtml) and they are noisy as all get out when they are trying to make their way through a garden area, or down the many wheelchair ramps built here for our hostess’s mother. I am intrigued enough to [...]
From a guest house near Jack’s Canyon, Sedona: Male quail call fervently to each other, claiming their space in the desert. I too want to claim a space for awhile, to write and reflect and anchor in the words that seem to have filled up every nook and cranny of my being. Yet there are [...]
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose….” Bob Dylan wrote those words, Janis Joplin sang ‘em, and I am feeling the call …. Last night , after a day of red rock activation and exploring, and home made margaritas we took to the nearby red viewpoint at sunset, hostess Carla Riedel read from [...]
Blessed solstice! In the waning light of a magnificent sunset, we arrived in the Sedona area to bask in the unique energy of red, red rock formations and the loving energy of our friends Carla and Rick. Though it was in time for dinner, Rick nevertheless wanted to walk us to a nearby viewpoint of [...]
Hello from a lovely, cool-in-the-shade deck in Manzanita Village, Prescott AZ, overlooking the incredible Thumb Butte, desert mountains and blue sky galore. So I am smitten with this place, much to my surprise. We found THE best coffee shops to dink and think in, and some of the yummier restaurants. Jim and I had dinner [...]
This is our third day in Prescott, having arrived on Monday late afternoon after a hot and dusty desert drive. From the time I set eyes on the beautiful rock formations, to this very moment sitting in the common house of the village we are investigating, it’s been a very welcoming place: We drove up [...]
Road trip, reporting from the Mohave Desert… I was going to post on the beautiful “Spine of the Sierras” we drove through on highway 395, and Mono Lake and its natural salt sculpture (just Google it, it’s in California). But instead I’ll say: the car broke down in the middle of the desert yesterday. Yep. [...]
Hello! We’ve climbed a number of mountain passes over 5000 feet (1500 meters) up to 8000 feet (2400+meters)—well; actually Pearl 190 has climbed those passes as we traveled some 700+ miles since I last posted our whereabouts….. I am reporting from the comfortable living room of an old friend, Scott Miners, publisher of the Well [...]
Howdy from the magical mystery tour! Yesterday Jim and I tearfully said goodbye to our Eron at the airport in Seattle, and have officially hit the road! Stayed with friends at lovely place in the woods in misty, rainy southern Washington state, but we are ready for sunshine! So, our tentative, spirit guided plans: We’re [...]
Hello fellow journeyers, I was recently chatting with a LaConner local who I’d not seen for awhile. She and I met when I first moved to the area 17 years ago, when she was sponsoring metaphysical and spiritual teachers in her home. I asked her how she was, and she replied: “Great, especially since we [...]