The Superstitions
"Rainstorms and high winds are predicted all weekend...." The Superstitions mountains at the East end of the Phoenix valley...
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Chinese Acrobats
The Chinese have, for as long as I can remember, been at the top of the competition in sports such...
Lights of the World
Going back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to AD 25), the Chinese have celebrated a Lantern Festival each...
Desert View Watchtower
I cross the Eastern entrance to the Grand Canyon, and come across a sign for the Desert View Watchtower. It's...
Starry nights at the Grand Canyon
A fox darts with army like stealth across my path out of the corner of my eye, disappearing into the...
Ugly Christmas sweater concert
It's time to return to the music. Ever since I moved here to Arizona almost one year ago, I've...
Gold King Mine
The Holiday season is almost upon us, but I wanted to beat the rush and madness that will soon happen....
The South Rim
"Is it really one of the seven wonders of the World?" "It depends upon who you ask, but I'll...
Monday Night Football
The clock was ticking closer and closer to 5 pm, almost the end of another work day. Yet we are...
Grand Canyon Railway
We started the morning in a makeshift Western town, complete with gun slinging cowboys and horse apples. It was just...
Rise Up Red Sea
"I have an extra ticket if you'd like to go to the Cardinals game with us..." I've never been...
Ouroboros
September the fourteenth, two thousand and sixteen. 7:45 PM. Ray walks out onto the stage, guitar in hand, and starts...