...lots of empty space...
...without much of this.
Looking south.
A Cholla cactus.
If the plant bears any helpful or even innocent part in the scheme of things on this planet, I should be glad to hear of it.
J. Smeaton Chase, California Desert Trails
Is beauty helpful or innocent, I wonder? Typical rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park.
I take Brünhilde down a side road, pausing for a picture or two.
It gets cold quickly in the desert, so I prepared my bed,
and a modest dinner of tinned soup, brie, and Penfold's.
When the sun sets,
I crawl into my tent and fall asleep beneath a vibrant sky.
