I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
Somewhere in the middle of the Piedmont, a rocky river becomes silty and muddy and changes direction. Called the Deep River, it gives its name to the southeast’s largest Triassic rift Basin. The name “Deep River” is a translation of an indigenous name, sapponah (sappony), which, beyond this, has vague (conflicting?) sources but most likely […]
Read More The Deep River and its Triassic Basin: Cumnock to CarbontonDates of travel- April 16-17, 2017, Easter Easter morning in Figueres….I ache as i wake and walk around the cool cloudy empty streets. Most businesses are closed. Across from the Dalí theatre, people slip into St Pere (Dalí’s church) for the 9 am service. In the cavernous chapel, voices reverberate…vague hallelujahs, a plain sermon, nothing […]
Read More Easter Roses, Cadaqués, and a friend at the Dolmen (Dalí 2)Time of visit: mid November, 2015 After a stay at Oak Flat camp (previous post), I go east to visit the archaological site Besh-ba-gowah in the mining town of Globe. This is the peak of fall leaf colors in this area, and along US-60 streaks of orange line the washes of the Pinal Mountains. Besh-ba-gowah, […]
Read More Besh-Ba-Gowah Pueblo, Globe, ArizonaJUNE 2015 The southern cloud forest starts to the west of the Santa Cruz lowlands. Following the slow curvy rise of the Pirai river into the low mountains, the crowded combi climbs through the canyon and its soft dirt carretera. There are small waterfalls and towering red rock faces covered in green. The air smells […]
Read More Samaipata, BoliviaTRUJILLO AREA, PERU June 2015 Trujillo is a mid-size city on the Panamerican Norte on the north coast of Peru. The climate is similar to Lima and the central coast, but a little warmer. During June, the season changes from sunny to foggy and gray, which happened over the days I was there. Yellow cathedrals […]
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arianna's creative travels 