The Endless Garden

by | Nov 28, 2020 | My Writing, Nature, Wilderness Journal

August 25, 2005 – One of the great appeals to me of the Southwest is the ability to notice and appreciate each individual element of the natural surroundings as I encounter it. Water and nutrients are scarce, so plants keep their distance; some even exude...

At the Dimming of the Day

by | Nov 21, 2020 | Nature, Wilderness Journal

Had I the power to snap my fingers and transport myself to a favorite place at will, I’m not able to think of a destination more desirable than almost any isolated place in the Southwest at sunset. Each night of this trip I’ve picked up a book as twilight began to...

North of Gerlach, Nevada

by | Oct 25, 2020 | My Writing, Nature, Wilderness Journal

If you want to really get away, you should consider Nevada. Esmeralda County’s one thousand, three hundred forty-four inhabitants, for example, had two million, two hundred eighty-four thousand acres all to themselves in 1996. Today, fewer than eight hundred of those...

Beyond Burning Man

by | Oct 17, 2020 | Nature, Wilderness Journal

Those of you who have read the complete Frank Adversego canon may recall that in The Lafayette Campaign our hero came close to attending the Burning Man Festival. The following describes my own near miss in 2005. If you consult an on-line map of Nevada, you’ll see...