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| Lone Pine Lake on the way to Mt. Whitney |
I'm supposed to be working on my last summer thesis submission for my MFA, with 20-30 pages due ten days from now. But after three glorious weeks in the Eastern Sierra and the Southwest (including 8 national parks & monuments) with my partner in crime, Kristen, I'm experiencing wilderness withdrawal & a serious case of writer's block. The transition from stargazing leaves me staring at the computer screen in a befuddled daze. I miss holding an acute awareness each day of weather and geologic and color patterns, from the infinite landscapes to the puniest alpine petal.
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| Monument Valley, Navajo Nation |
So, to serve my creativity and in the spirit of procrastination, I've been playing with pictures instead of papers, pencils and pens. I hope that wherever you are writing, you can armchair travel with me back to some of these wondrous places.
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| pollinator in Escalante National Monument |
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| Bryce Canyon: end of sunrise hike |
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| Middle Palisade, 10-mile hike |
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| The Narrows, Zion National Park |
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| Lower Calf Creek Falls, Escalante National Monument |
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| A cool summer day in Death Valley |
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| Death Valley's Furnace Creek Ranch |
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| First Lake, Big Pine |
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| Alabama Hills, site of many movies |
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| Sierra Wildflowers |
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| Heading to the Eastern Sierra from the White-Inyo Mountains |
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