Tag Archives: desert
Washing Rice
by cheri block Oh, Prometheus, look what you have wrought. Fire. With anvil and mallet, you smash the atmosphere. The cauldron opens. Energy explodes. Day is done. How did you spend your day, Prometheus?
More photos from White Sands National Monument in the fall
by cheri block That’s all for now.
White Sands, New Mexico
by cheri block White Sands New Mexico (between Las Cruces and Alamogordo) Temperature (perfect for the high desert) 80 degrees Sentimentality (barometric pressure 100 degrees) Judge Blah and I are spending time in the high desert of beautiful southern New … Continue reading
The Big Picture
by cheri block When I was about 25 years old, Joe told me that men see the bigger picture—the universal ideas we all wrestle with—whereas women see the details about those bigger ideas. I dismissed this outlandish statement as poppycock … Continue reading
St. John’s Recap
by cheri block sabraw Before I left Santa Fe last weekend, I stopped by a real camera shop (as opposed to the Best Buy experience) to have my lenses air cleaned and to buy a new filter. The light is … Continue reading
Exercise in description (3) Soaptree Yucca
This is the third of three posts that concern the story I am writing for my book. If you want to follow it, go back and read Murder at the Monument (1) and (2). Thanks! In the late spring, the … Continue reading
Murder at the Monument (1) Edward Stern
The desert floor on a hot day seems to breathe, as if the earth’s lungs labor under the pressure of the heat; fine dirt and smooth rocks expand and contract in the slow rhythm of another world’s music. Winds shift … Continue reading
