Somehow, it always manages to deliver. The perceived emptiness of it, stretching on endlessly. That profound quiet. Weather on the horizon. The slow, inevitable decay of rock into dust. Entropy. Deep Time…
No. #0944_09-10 - Weather, Joshua Tree. The Mojave Desert, California 2025.
The desert never ceases to surprise me. Constantly changing, somehow always the same. We took a run through Joshua Tree in April with some friends, children in tow. The skies were absolutely immense and the weather was mild. One of our companions slipped on the trail and bounced a full foot in the air when she hit the ground. She was later stabbed by a cactus in the ass. She made it out just fine, save for a rather large bruise.
No. #0946_30A-31A - Cholla Garden, Joshua Tree. The Mojave Desert, California 2025.
Such beauty. Unforgiving, to say the least. A shame to think the powers that be are currently treating these protected lands as a garbage can, a real estate prospect, a resource to be exploited at whatever cost or all of the above.
Anyhow, you should go to the desert. It’s good for you.
No. #0944_24 - Thomas, Joshua Tree. The Mojave Desert, California 2025.
Things I’ve been reading lately…
Homelands and Hybrids
”September always brings big moons. The best this year was the one I saw on the Friday before the autumnal equinox: a waning crescent low in the eastern sky an hour before sunup…”
One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.
Greyhound by Joanna Pocock
Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives when we feel purposeless.