Kwagunt RM 56.5 – naseem rakha In winter, in the canyon, you worship the sun—seek it out like a moth to its flame. There it is—around the next bend, in that eddy, up that cliff. Once in its rays, you shed layers, and your face lifts and your hands are… Read More
For a month we lived under the sky—no ceilings, no walls, just skin and sun and water. Just stone and ice. And as we moved down river the moon followed, growing each night, lighting paths for night time walks, staring down, stark and white, big then bigger, rising later and… Read More
A storm has just moved in. The wind is gusting, leaves are cartwheeling across the grass. Trees arch, bend, dance. There goes my watering can. A cushion. A puppy… Okay, not a puppy. Maybe it was a squirrel. Maybe, just a brown bag. The thing is, I’m watching all this… Read More
“Adventure is putting yourself out on the edge…finding that border line between your comfort zone and where you are a little bit uncomfortable. and then, hopefully, finding your way through.” Curt Joyce, Kayaker — 1983-2014 On November 18, I will join a group of fourteen people for a one… Read More
Yesterday, Waldo and I took what I think is the best autumn hike I have ever had. Maybe it was the weather, warm, yet overcast. Maybe it was my mood—happy to be out hiking after a 13 day hiatus. I returned from my Grand Canyon Rim to Rim hike less… Read More
If you’ve filled out a form on Google lately you probably have seen a brand new option when it comes to Gender. Instead of the standard Male and Female, people can now choose Other. I just found a video about one of my town’s “others.” In it, then-Mayor, Stu Rasmussen… Read More
Last year while back at the Grand Canyon, I and a few other Artists in Residents were interviewed for this beautiful 5 minute film about the importance of AIR’s. The students from Columbia University did a very nice job.
Of note this morning: overweight woman in a scooter buys four large bags of candy. As she reaches into her bag for her wallet, she pulls out a plastic bag that contains a single large milk bone. “I haven’t seen any dogs this morning,” she says to the Rite Ad… Read More
Last night comedian Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, set aside his jokes to speak directly to his audience about the deaths of nine African American worshipers at the historical Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, South Carolina. A solum and unscripted Stewart, stares straight into the… Read More
The Unknown Soldier, David Jay, Photographer This is what we do. We spend the bulk of our nation’s resources on war, and then we bring our dead and wounded home and pretend there is no war. The Unknown Soldier, Photographer David Jay There is war. As you get up this morning… Read More