An entry in the Encounters series Six weeks ago, I walked amongst the red rocks surrounding Sedona, Arizona. I was in Sedona after having driven my mother there and was able to take a few days to enjoy the local landscape, to sit in the sun and read, to walk in the desert and reconnect [...]
Archive for the ‘sun’ Tag
The Desert Tells 12 comments
The Abundance of Summer 1 comment
Yesterday, Brian told me to watch the moon that night. Its track across the night sky would be a preview of the sun’s track during the winter. The moon would show me how little sunlight we would have. And indeed, the moon’s track was low on the horizon that night, skimming along just below the [...]
Thanking the Sun 2 comments
Today I awoke to blue skies. This may not seem surprising–it is August, after all–but even at this time of year, sun cannot be taken for granted here on the Oregon coast. The last week has been cloudy and a bit cool, with only a few brief stretches of good sun. As such, we’ve been [...]
