New from DPC
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature, DPC News | Comments OffIt's been a busy publishing season for the Desert Protective Council. Our spring issue of El Paisano, our quarterly newsletter, is now available online. This issue features: a celebration of Joshua Tree (both the park and its namesake yucca) by desert poet ...
Carnival of the Arid
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog is once again featured in the Carnival of the Arid, the roundup of desert-centric posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing blog. This issue includes hikes in Utah Canyonlands, caving near Barstow, video of javelinas in Arizona, ...
Carnival of the Arid
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog has been featured in Carnival of the Arid #1 , a collection of desert-related blog posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing site. The carnival features a variety of forms, including poetry, geology, adventure travel, photography, politics ...
New Year’s Wishes
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature | 2 Comments »Pipe Creek in Grand Canyon National Park, photo by Larry Hogue The end of the year brings a time for reflection, and I'm finding myself reflecting on what endures amid this remarkable era of loss - personal, societal and environmental. With ...
Hundred Year Flood – Mojave
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature | 2 Comments »At the end of the Mojave River, 100 miles downhill from mountain woods, You arrive at this sere topography of white salts, crusted devil horns, angelic duplexes of sand dune prayers floating across the oceanic expanse like tract-home miracles at the end of ZZYZX Road, named to create ...
Palms to Pines Map Now Available
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffThe "Palms to Pines Birding and Nature Trail Map" is now available from Friends of the Desert Mountains, authored by soon-to-be DesertBlog contributor Ruth Nolan, and DPC member Kurt Leuschner. Ruth worked on the project during her sabbatical (2006-07) from ...
Writin’ and Rockin’ in the Desert
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Need a break from the gloom, doom and snarky sarcasm of DesertBlog? Chris Clarke has some great stuff posted on his Coyote Crossing site: desert poetry, essays, and tidbits from his summer basecamp in Nipton -- can you say "hot"? ...
Inspiration
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Reviews | Comments OffIt’s not a desert book – or mostly not – but the author is a desert writer working on a new book about the Joshua tree, so on that excuse we’re reviewing Walking with Zeke here on DesertBlog. Chris Clarke calls ...
Why Protect the Desert?
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Sunrise Powerlink | 3 Comments »The Sunrise Powerlink would run at the base of the distant mountains in this photo, altering the experience of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in the San Felipe Hills. "The desert's a good place for the Sunrise Powerlink -- ...
Happy Birthday, John Muir!
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffIn honor of the day, here's a bit from "Two Little Feet" by Greg Brown: I got two little feet to get me ‘cross the mountain two little feet to carry me away into the woods Two little feet, a big mountain, and ...
