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 TucsonSnow Moon, January/February 2026 Snow White turned over a brand new leaf/ Her Icy stares opened Caverns beneath/Blue Rose from its slumber and played with our hair/and held us up high in the cold winter air –“Snow White and Blue” by Arianna By the time I’m writing this, we are one month into 2026 and […]
Read More A Winter Collage, Slightly FrozenJubilee Park, Ivanhoe, Virginia, mid-April 2024 Ivanhoe, the Fair now this is glamping true Revival, handling of the Serpentine embanked New (Kanawha) river The diva waters Still rush past this old railway, blast furnace and mine shaft left to history A fairground in the off-season, nearly empty Jubilee A small town that doesn’t need much […]
Read More Ivanhoe, the fair (a return)March 17-20, 2018 I pick up my car from the mechanic in Berryville, Arkansas and drive toward Memphis, hardly stopping at all in between. There are pretty, rolling hills of farmland and a few towns in this part of the Ozarks, but no places as interesting as Eureka Springs. There were hopes to find crystals […]
Read More Another cross country drive 3 – the river at Memphis and on to Appalachia
arianna's creative travels 