Journey into a collection of essays, reflections, and field observations that seek to uncover the deeper truths hidden within the desert and ourselves.
These writings weave together natural history, survival wisdom, philosophy, and personal experience — offering a window into The Way of Things.
The desert is full of all kinds of treasures, gold, silver, and other rare elements. Even water in the desert can be considered a treasure and the source of immense wealth. One of the greatest treasures that we have in the desert is art, and we can truly call this
These are two desert bighorn sheep and they are very typical of a mature ram and a mature ewe.
In the Mojave Desert you’ll find a species of snail that is truly one of the most interesting life forms that live there and yet it is often overlooked or unknown to most people. To start with, this snail has a shiny black body and of course its common name
It could be said that all Bighorns have horns but not all Bighorn have big horns. While this sounds a little bit confusing, basically it means that both male and female Bighorn sheep have horns. However their horns are quite different from one another in both size and structure. The
The reason for this series of articles is to give readers the tools and concepts to increase their knowledge of Bighorn Sheep and the value of their own personal experiences in the desert when they’re in Bighorn habitat or have the good fortune to actually see some of these magnificent
At a distance sometimes you can mistake a ram for a rock or a rock for a ram.
A ragged ram in a harsh and forbidding land. In such a place you do what you have to do, even if you have to walk out onto the salt flat when it’s 115° to get a drink of water, soon this ram will be in the steep and rocky
In a sea of white granite. One of the few pieces of lava rock has all the glyphs.
A very typical young male (ram) desert bighorn sheep.
Today we see many large-scale solar plants and wind farms changing the ecology of the Mojave Desert. However there are many other changes being brought about that are not as well-known such as the devastation brought on by the wild Burro and Tamarisk. Fortunately we have people and organizations that
By knowing a little bit about the Smoketree one can learn a lot about the desert. This tree marks out many unique environmental features in the desert. The first thing one wants to understand about the Smoketree is that it’s name refers to the way the tree looks rather than
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