Category: desert living
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Monsoon Roadtrip
Stages of an Arizona monsoon, while driving in it: Stage One: Threat Level Alpha The skies darken ominously. High winds try to toss the car across the road. Stage Two: Assault Fat drops of rain begin to pelt the car. Stage Three: Wading The roads begin to puddle over. Traffic slows. Stage Four: White Out […]
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Kansas, 1935
Beau looked out the window and said, “Oh my God, the trees are doing this,” and he took his hand, flat palmed, and moved it from a vertical position to a horizontal one in a quick gesture. We looked out the window. The lights across the parking lot were subdued into a moon-like glow, as […]
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On Baking
Friends, it is hot here. Yesterday, a thermometer in a car read: 120 degrees. I’m not kidding you. I think it’s generally between 110 and 117 every day. When I was in Santa Barbara, it was 40 degrees cooler there. It felt like winter and the breeze gave me a chill. I wore pants every […]
Charles Jensen | Writer 