Semi-Regular Musings

Desert landscape with a large boulder pile in the center against a blue sky with puffy white clouds. Joshua trees stand and bend in the foreground.

Travel Tuesdays: Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park hosts the titular plant in all its varieties among boulder fields and against scenic mountain foothills of the Mojave desert. There's also some of my more...

Travel Tuesdays: Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park hosts the titular plant in all its varieties among boulder fields and against scenic mountain foothills of the Mojave desert. There's also some of my more...

Before and After images of the kitchen. The Before shot has a temp sink on sawhorses, no cabinets, no applicances. The After image shows a fully functional kitchen.

House Complete!

The end of five months of house upheaval is finally here! Read more about the journey and its aftermath.

House Complete!

The end of five months of house upheaval is finally here! Read more about the journey and its aftermath.

Close to a saguaro cactus that has an arm twisting and curling downward. In the background are two fairly classic saguaros against a rocky hill and a deep blue sky.

Travel Tuesdays: Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park, split in two areas that flank the Tucson valley, is a perfect place to visit to get up close and personal with the American Southwest's most iconic...

Travel Tuesdays: Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park, split in two areas that flank the Tucson valley, is a perfect place to visit to get up close and personal with the American Southwest's most iconic...

O Grave, Where is Thy Victory, 1892, by Jan Toorop from the Public Domain Image Archive

Five Silly Things I Will Die Mad About

I talk about five silly things I'll die mad about because they aren't earth-shaking or big grand problems or grave injustices. Just little things that I will never get over...

Five Silly Things I Will Die Mad About

I talk about five silly things I'll die mad about because they aren't earth-shaking or big grand problems or grave injustices. Just little things that I will never get over...

Wide shot of the mountains of Zion valley taken from the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway.

Travel Tuesdays: Zion National Park

The more iconic parts of Zion National Park may be crowded and only accessible by shuttle, but the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway offers its own stunning views and unique land formations....

Travel Tuesdays: Zion National Park

The more iconic parts of Zion National Park may be crowded and only accessible by shuttle, but the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway offers its own stunning views and unique land formations....

Sepia tone watercolor of a woman picking through some weedy flowers. From Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for Nos Invisibles in the Public Domain Archive

Turn the Hate Around

It's a blogging and therapeutic challenge! Pick some things you hate about yourself and drill down to the positives. They are there. I found five things I've struggled with about...

Turn the Hate Around

It's a blogging and therapeutic challenge! Pick some things you hate about yourself and drill down to the positives. They are there. I found five things I've struggled with about...

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