Moonshine Junkyard

woke up in our little desert abode for our last day in joshua tree. the day dawned brilliantly sunny, just what we'd been hoping! stopped in yucca valley for coffee again and i admired the colors and murals and dirt roads of a desert town. everything is so much prettier with adobe and colors and kivas... i want to surround my life with this feeling! and on down the road into joshua tree again... we hiked up Mt. Ryan , a "moderately strenuous" hike straight up the mountain that was just perfect and refreshing. we spent about an hour at the summit. i sat and meditated and drew pictures, and darin made a little time lapse movie of the clouds moving. it was heaven. at the top there were other hikers gathered of course, and one was a little group of young thespians doing some singing activities in a circle. they were making a beautiful sound with their voices spontaneously rising together. i smiled at them. as we left i heard one o...

 this wizard husband of mine turned 34 out in the desert! november 4 we woke up with smiles on our faces in a strange new land, in our own patchwork quilt in a dusty old man room. what a morning! brewed coffee in the 1960's percolator and had ourselves a pretty view sitting by the porch in old aluminum lawn chairs. darin got to spend the day doing all the things he loves....like....bb guns?! yep, guess he's just a real dude at heart. (shooting a little paper target of course, and not our friends the jackrabbits!) we walked around the property and visited the horses at the neighbors' ranch: beauties.  it was starting to rain and the desert town with dusty dirt streets smelling fresh and sweet. a rainbow lying upon the horizon, every color vivid, right down to magical violet.  on into the town of Yucca Valley where we found the perfect coffee shop: Ma Rouge. you can order your own carafe of fresh french pressed coffee, yum! next...