I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
I flew with Norwegian direct from Los Angeles to Paris on one of their 787 dream liner planes. We were really light and there was turbulence over the plains. But we flew far north as the light came and i had good dreams, when i woke it was afternoon. It felt like less than 10 […]
Read More Paris and Brussels, arrivalIn December 2016, I attended a transgender wellness conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, spending 3 nights in the lovely city. As with every visit, the intense energy of the place can be felt upon entry. I am lucky to have a close friend living here and in this visit an apartment to stay a quick […]
Read More Ashé in December Haze – 3 Days in New OrleansTemple dreamer and minerval runner left to cross the desert at midnight under the full moon, guided west. We were ascending the mountain range separating the desert from the oak savanna and grassland valley. Our destination for the day: The hot spring on the Kern River, in the Southern Sierra down from Lake Isabella. To get […]
Read More Kern river canyon to Delano, California – Bellabacchae travelsHi, I’ve taken a year break from writing on this, and there are big travels ahead, so what better time than today to resume the travel blog and cover some places I’ve been in the last 2 years and skipped. A reason often that I skip a place is that I pass through for a […]
Read More Skipped Over…Southern Texas. Trucking US 59, 83, 90Visit: OCTOBER, 2016I’ve written about the natural springs of Florida before, when I visited several in 2009. There are so many of them and you can get the experience from just going to one or two. Since the water is cool, it’s best if you can go in warm weather and swim in them; diving […]
Read More Side Trip: Ichetucknee Spring + Blue Hole, FloridaTime 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, ArizonaThis past weekend, I attended the annual gourd festival in Casagrande, Arizona which takes place the second weekend of February at Pinal county fairground and is hosted by the Wuertz family with their gourd farm down the road. Since I have recently started painting gourds, this event is useful and also inspiring. There are raw […]
Read More Gourd festival, Casagrande, azThis past weekend, I attended the annual gourd festival in casagrande, arizona which takes place the second weekend of February at Pinal county fairground and is hosted by the Weurtz family with their gourd farm down the road. Since I have recently started painting gourds, this event is useful and also inspiring. There are raw […]
Read More Gourd festival, Casagrande, azAugust, 2014 The turquoise and black patterns of the Pomo dancers circle around the dance ground at the Napa Valley powwow in Yountville, CA. As the drumsticks click, I ponder the local nation’s homeland to the east, Clear Lake, and what it would be like to visit. I’ve been staying with my friend in Sonoma […]
Read More CLEAR LAKE & HARBIN HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
arianna's creative travels 