Category: Photographs
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A Little Road Trip . . .
. . . to Sedona, Arizona and back. Left early Friday, back at noon on Saturday. 338 miles round-trip from my place in the foothills of the Superstition Mountains by the leisurely and scenic route via Payson which avoids Phoenix and most of Interstate 17. Wifey read a paper, so we had posh digs at…
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February in Arizona
February brings to the Sonoran desert days so beautiful that one feels guilty even sitting on the back porch, half-outside, taking it all in, eyes playing over the spring green, lungs deeply enfolding blossom-laden warmish breezes. One feels that one ought to be walking around in this earthly heaven. And this despite my having done…
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The West is the Best
In every sense. Well, maybe not in every sense: I live on the far eastern edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area with those glorious mountains right outside my window. The western end of the Valle del Sol is flat and boring. You may as well be in the Midwest. Related articles Diplomad on Drawing Mohammed…
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Biola University, Spring 2014
David Rodriquez sent me the following shot of some participants in an event at Biola University in the spring of 2014. Ed Feser read a paper and I commented on it. I am the guy in the dark glasses with his arm around Ed Feser. The tallest man is David Limbaugh To my right is…
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Owl in Nest High Up in Saguaro Cactus
Note the half moon, faintly visible. Click to enlarge.
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In the Vicinity of Hackberry Spring, Superstition Wilderness
Dale Tuggy has a good eye. Here is a shot from our Good Friday hike, 3 April, 2015. We are headed back to the trail head via the First Water Creek bed.
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First Day of the Year, First Hike of the Year
I began the year right with a two-hour ramble right out my front door over the local hills. Very cold temps ramped up the usual saunter to a serious march. I always go light: short pants, T-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, bandanna, light cotton gloves. Rain that turned to snow overnight gave Superstition Mountain a serious dusting.…
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Friday Cat Blogging! No Cat Without a Catechism
My cat Max Black with his 'catechism.'
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Lake Sils, Upper Engadin, Switzerland
Mark Anderson, presently on a sort of Nietzsche pilgrimage, sent me this panoramic shot. Left-click to enlarge. Mark explains: The photo shows lake Sils. The little settlement below is Isola. Further to the right, where the lake ends, is Sils-Maria. The large patch of green that may look like an island right up against Sils…
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My Cat Caissa
Full of sound, and furry. She lived 20+ years. Here she is, subdued, near the end.
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On Independent Thinking
Properly enacted, independent thinking is not in the service of self-will or subjective opining, but in the service of submission to a higher authority, truth itself. We think for ourselves in order to find a truth that is not from ourselves, but from reality. The idea is to become dependent on reality, rather than on institutional…
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Merry Christmas, Loyal Readers!
Ed Farrell sent me the above. Check out his fine photography here.
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Thanksgivukkah 2013
The usual suspects enjoyed themselves immensely, three of whom are depicted below:
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Sonoran White Tail Deer Breakfasting on Jojoba Behind My House