In March 2005, after record rains but before devastating wildfires that destroyed wide swaths of the Mojave National Preserve, I did a little thinking in one of my favorite places about solitude, growing up silent, campfires, and Dear old Dad. Oh, and yucca moths. Fleshed out slightly more, this KCET piece will be a chapter in the long-overdue Joshua tree book.
Mar 20 2013
Joshua tree book excerpt up at KCET
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Rob Grigjanis
20 March 2013 at 4:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Beautiful, Chris.
Hmm, reminds me of someone very close.
chigau (違う)
21 March 2013 at 12:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Lovely.
fire good
sundiver
21 March 2013 at 4:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Reminds me of my escapes into the Arizona Strip and Toroweap. Great places to get away from people.
Ichthyic
22 March 2013 at 1:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Get ‘er done.
:)