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Beauty and Vandalism in the High Country - a Choice.
For a number of years ago, I would go for a walk on the road near our home in Sedona, both to get the exercise and to see the world and...
paulhawkwood
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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Barrier Reef
Barrier Reef Your tiny island has a barrier reef but the tide is rising fast. Let your castle turn back to sand and melt into the ocean’s...
paulhawkwood
Nov 8, 20212 min read
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Commute
On my right, a dust-devil twirls in a bare plowed field. Beyond lies the Coast Range, a violet trace across the horizon. Between us,...
paulhawkwood
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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Moon in Afternoon
I have discovered the sky. One of the things I relish about being in Arizona is not just how clear the sky is, but how vast it is. Here,...
paulhawkwood
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Jetstream, and a bird story
Jetstream Clouds swim in the second sea, floating in an ocean of air. Their waters rise and fall, and the wind is their tide. I am their...
paulhawkwood
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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A Frame Around the Infinite
Window The clock says it’s time to raise the shades, look out the window, see the sun gliding through the grass. You can see more when...
paulhawkwood
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Sunrise in Sedona on New Year's Day (or, What's a 9:08?)
I thought I'd celebrate the dawn of the New Year (literally) by taking some sunrise photos where we live in Sedona. I consulted my...
paulhawkwood
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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Desert Sunset, Desert Clouds
One of the things I love about living in Sedona is the wondrous play of light at sunrise and sunset. Often the high clouds break up into...
paulhawkwood
Nov 28, 20201 min read
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Beyond - a poem
This poem began with my memories of walking on the beach in Oregon, where you walk through sand dunes for a while before arriving at the...
paulhawkwood
Nov 14, 20201 min read
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Walking Through Sky and Water
When I was an English major in college, I fell in love with words—their sounds and rhythms and energies, their subtleties and brashness,...
paulhawkwood
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Yin and Yang in the High Desert
A cool and misty morning in Sedona Have you heard the expression "high and dry"? Well, that can often be a description of Sedona,...
paulhawkwood
May 14, 20201 min read
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