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  • Journey

    Journey

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    My ‘Journey’ from there to here. Today’s poetry exercise is a Limerick using alliteration – and no I’m not doing any of the rhymes about Nantucket! Journey From Chesapeake shores To N’awlin’s spicy tours Across massive Mississippi Desert shimmer oh so pretty To Pacific and great outdoors Link to WordPress

  • Water

    Water

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    I like to read poetry. Anyone close to me has probably experienced me reading a poem or two (and getting emotional doing it). I love Billy Collins (Poet Laureate of the United States 2001-2003), also Joyce Sutphen (Poet Laureate of Minnesota), both of whom write what I consider everyday poetry. Easy to understand, touching, some…

  • Joshua Tree National Park – Day Two

    Joshua Tree National Park – Day Two

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    I awoke early (4:00 am) to check the star situation because I wanted to catch the rising sliver of the waning moon. The stars were shining, so I headed to the entrance to Joshua Tree. Mission accomplished! Since there wasn’t much of a sunset the night before (no clouds) and the moon looked mostly clear, and although I did have…

  • Joshua Tree National Park, California – Day One

    Joshua Tree National Park, California – Day One

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    Joshua Tree National Park encompasses about 800,000 acres (slightly larger than Yosemite National Park at 742,000 acres) with two distinct desert regions. The Mojave Desert is in the northern part of the park, complete with Joshua Trees and the Colorado Desert in the southern part of the park, has lots of cacti and, like parts of the Great…

  • Pioneertown

    Pioneertown

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    During a trip to Joshua Tree National Park, a side trip planned by photographer friends from Inland Empire Photo Club in Temecula, California took us to Pioneertown, California. Not being a fan of kitschy, touristy stuff, I was pleasantly surprised to find the history behind this little town. During my early childhood, Roy Rogers built this town…

  • Frozen! Crowley Lake

    Frozen! Crowley Lake

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    Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort is a few miles north of here.

  • Hot Times at Hot Creek

    Hot Times at Hot Creek

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    Part of my fascination with the ‘new’ west is the constantly changing landscape, even though the earthquakes still scare me. Two different trips to Mammoth Hot Creek (actually a portion of the Owens River) recently brought some of the crevices and pools into focus. Hot creeks and hot springs abound in this area due to cracks…

  • Sierra Twinkle

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    Who knows where the time goes? Sometimes I join the prompts given by WordPress, oftentimes, I’m way busy in whatever it is that takes away the time! The prompt is TWINKLE and I just happen to have a current photo that matches, caught last week during a waning full moon. TWINKLE –http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/twinkle/  

  • Deep Springs College

    Deep Springs College

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    A recent opportunity to work temporarily at Deep Springs College as their groundskeeper afforded a closer look at this almost 100 year-old institution of higher learning. You can learn more about the college by clicking this link: Deep Springs College. Since my daughter and son-in-law (who is also an alumnus) both work at the college,…