I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
Tucson, Arizona, February 2026 “Foraging jewels, left behind / with crushed hopes / Thick clouds cover sky islands, water dripping down its slopes / Rattling the rhythms of change, exposing debris / this is what we leave” -“Ready to be warmed by the Black Sun,” lyrics by Arianna It begins hopefully enough on my arrival. […]
Read More Sunset for TucsonJanuary-February full moons Across brown, rolling fields , gray layers of clouds slowly cover clear patches of morning sky. Pines provide patches of green on an otherwise muted pallette. This time, snow and sleet are on their way. I pass through, embracing the season of the far sun for a change. At the Dan River, […]
Read More Winter Dread and GuidanceMarch 12-14, 2018 It is my first time driving back across the usa since 2011 and i am anxious about it in ways i never expected. Committed to supporting my spirit sister in her quest to thru hike the Appalachian trail, i leave the warm comfort of Tucson for the cool eastern woodlands with no […]
Read More Another cross country drive 1 – Tucson to New MexicoTime 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, ArizonaOak Flat, known as Chich’il Bildagoteel in the Apache language, is a beautiful place, where the Pinal Mountains rise out of the Sonoran Desert to the west, a plateau of oak forest, spring water, and shallow canyons guarded by standing boulders. For hundreds of years the local Apache would gather acorns and other food and […]
Read More THE BEAUTY & POWER OF OAK FLAT, APACHE LAND, Arizona
arianna's creative travels 