“Live Like Someone Left the Gate Open”

The French have a term, “Je suis suelement”. Loosely translated, it means “I’m alone”. Of the French, in particular, and romantic languages, in general; they prefer not to be loosely translated. Like English, there are subtleties and colloquial words that just don’t translate. Most likely to confuse those who don’t speak the language well. But…

A fellow wanderer and good friend from Crested Butte days, Dave Lindsay and I are always laughing about ‘working the edges’. A term we use to describe getting away from the usual crowd of campers and pilgrims. If an area we have spent time in is starting to be discovered, we move off to an…

For 22 winters I’ve been coming to this very special place in the Transition Zone of the Northern Sonoran Desert. Some winters for only a couple of weeks. Others for months on end. At 4,000 feet in elevation, anything can happen with the weather….and does. Special places exist because we want them to. Special places…