Nature, environment, and a little philosophy
July 2020: plans to return to the Alps this summer crashed and burned, so we pivoted locally and went backpacking in Southern California's backyard: the Eastern Sierra. Eric and I aren't classic trail warriors. We prefer to follow our curiosity up pathless valleys and over unnamed saddles, walking quietly, treading lightly. Optimism is our strongest …
Blue I knew it would be bright but I didn't think it would be blue. Electric! From the cliffs, my first sight of the crashing surf was such a shock I gasped. On the beach, I hopped about behind Eric and watched the ground light up beneath his feet. Water splashed around us like blue …
Last winter, after eight rainless years, California's drought finally ended. In San Diego, it rained what felt like every week, for several months. The hills flushed green then orange with poppies, the desert bloomed, the reservoirs refilled, the rivers flowed. We learnt that there were waterfalls in the mountains. In early March, in an extraordinary …
Stars, like salt. 