NOMAD DREAMING

The two Leucophyllum frutescens (often called Purple Sage orTexas sage though it’s technically not a sage) in the kerb appeal project...

Finally Lake Caballo level has risen enough to paddle again. There is still a fair portage over ankle twisting rock hazards to get to the...

It happened slowly. Subtle in the beginning. First there was just one. Then two. Done after a day. If I hadn’t been paying attention they...

There I was, drinking my morning chai with the blooming moonflowers, watering the garden, like I often do at sunrise, just pottering...

Finally in these scorching dog days of summer, illuminated by Sirius, the Dog Star, the Genghis bench is almost done and will be ready to...

Well it never really was a mystery as to who is periodically leaving a trail of feathers and blood in the garden. Let’s just say A Feline...

We don’t ask to be eternal beings. We only ask that things do not lose all their meaning. Antoine de Saint-Exupery It’s been a good...

Once upon a time, oh… about 49 years ago…I met a young person who was crazy about pickles. In fact I believe pickled onions, asparagus...

It’s hotter than hell for the millionth day in a row and El Diablo is in the house. Or, more accurately, the garden, since I’m not...

One day there were just no more swallows on the front porch, swooping in and out with those beautiful scissor tails. No more live birds...

The smell in the house was heavenly last night as two pounds of fresh picked figs simmered in an aromatic brew of ginger, cardamom,...

The first Queen Lime zinnia flower opened this week. A ubiquity of ants noticed. Meanwhile I couldn’t help noticing that, while my bloom...

A westward sinking full moon recently peeped over the fence to celebrate the lushness which is currently Cafe Paradiso. Around full moon...

In monsoon season the sky owns all the drama. From sultry mornings with deep belly thundery rumbles, which often go nowhere, but...

After the first storm of monsoon season this week helped douse some of the fires in the Gila National Forest, I went up into the Black...

Only the sun holds things together - Edward Abbey Happy solstice! Happy International Day of Yoga. Wherever you are, whatever the body...

“ When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple. ” ** The little Birds of Fortuity which flutter always around in this...

A pungency of garlic, the stinking rose, has been gathered in now. After curing a week or two, this year’s harvest was cleaned outback in...

Janis truck and I took a little drive into a nearby canyon a few days ago. I was hoping the rainstorm we had would have washed...

The earth smells of hot sweaty horse, the gutters gurgle splashy streams of water down rain chains to cascade into almost empty rain...