Why you won't hear me complain much about Airbnbs around Joshua Tree
Lately, vacation rentals have become a hot topic out here in the Joshua Tree area. With annual numbers of visitors doubling to three...
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In Passing
Personal stories, asides, thoughts (or what passes for them in my cranium), journalism, stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else, midnight ramblings, midday ramblings, whatever the cat tells me to write - that kind of thing.
A report from my backyard
While the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the country this autumn, I'm going through the approximately 20 million photos I have taken.....
Nessun Dorma
"Qui finisce l'opera, perché a questo punto il maestro è morto" Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa Nella tua fredda...
A busy autumn...
It's been one hectic autumn out here in the Mojave Desert. I've been working on getting Season 3 of Southwest Stories with the Two...
To those crying gun control
All I really knew about Steven Rogers when I saw this tweet was he was a commissioner for Nutley Township in New Jersey, and he was a...
Gone Trippin' - Saying Goodbye to the King of Surf Guitar
It was a bittersweet night at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano last Saturday, May 25, 2019. The night had originally been reserved...
Honoring the King of Surf Guitar, Dick Dale
Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, is dead. Long live the king! How can someone who influenced the very core of rock music ever truly die?...
Ride out with the Two Steves!
Those of you who drop by from time to time may have wondered where I've been this past month or so. In between working on important...
Dick Dale's touring is done
I'll let other folks write their histories of surf guitar king, Dick Dale. I actually hate writing about people I liked, loved, and...
Waiting for the rabbi
The longer I live, the stranger this life becomes. Yesterday afternoon, I couldn't help but think about how strange our journeys in this...
Erin's Garden
If you find yourself heading east out of Twentynine Palms on California Route 62, you'll quickly leave the "city," such as it is -...
My desert history
A lot of folks wonder how it is I arrived in the desert, and what kind of relationship I have had with the desert. That's understandable....
Getting desert mysteries right
With the recent fad status of Joshua Tree and the resultant influx of hipsters and fauxhemians, Airbnbsteaders and desert "experts" who...
In An Earthly Manner
I recently sat down at Desert Art Studio with artist Chuck Caplinger to talk about his upcoming exhibition, In An Earthly Manner. The...
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