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Of Mountains: "You get the saw-tooth effect from a distance, but the near-by granite bulk glitters with the terrible keen polish of old glacial ages. I say terrible; so it seems. When those glossy domes swim into the alpenglow, wet after rain, you conceive how long and imperturbable are the ...
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- Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:56 am
- Forum: The Words
- Topic: Excerpts from The Land of Little Rain
- Replies: 1
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- Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:06 am
- Forum: The Words
- Topic: Excerpts from The Land of Little Rain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 246614
Excerpts from The Land of Little Rain
The following are excerpts collected from Mary Austin's The Land of Little Rain:
"And yet--and yet--is it not perhaps to satisfy expectation that one falls into the tragic key in writing of desertness? The more you wish of it the more you get, and in the mean time lose much of pleasantness. In ...
"And yet--and yet--is it not perhaps to satisfy expectation that one falls into the tragic key in writing of desertness? The more you wish of it the more you get, and in the mean time lose much of pleasantness. In ...
- Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:03 pm
- Forum: Joshua Tree National Park
- Topic: :: BOULDER HOUSE ::
- Replies: 0
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:: BOULDER HOUSE ::
Eagle Cliff Mine & Cabin (colloquially referred to as Boulder House by at least one...)
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- Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:05 am
- Forum: Joshua Tree National Park
- Topic: Living Table of JTNP Hiking Routes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 186216
Re: Living Table of JTNP Hiking Routes
Awesome!! I'll pester you to collect it when I get caught up 

- Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:19 am
- Forum: Joshua Tree National Park
- Topic: Living Table of JTNP Hiking Routes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 186216
Living Table of JTNP Hiking Routes
Hey!
Some of you have seen this, but here it is again for ease of access:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dez_xGlXg2X795mbhpcMeVgmKxwjfD0FOk6qyv26VhE/edit?usp=sharing
Whaaat is it?! It's a spreadsheet for the purpose of aggregating information from a handful of hiking guides to Joshua ...
Some of you have seen this, but here it is again for ease of access:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dez_xGlXg2X795mbhpcMeVgmKxwjfD0FOk6qyv26VhE/edit?usp=sharing
Whaaat is it?! It's a spreadsheet for the purpose of aggregating information from a handful of hiking guides to Joshua ...
- Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:04 pm
- Forum: Introductions!
- Topic: Hi
- Replies: 2
- Views: 330984
Re: Hi
Right on!!
I’m working on acquiring/accessing drums. I’ll let you know…
I like a crafting circle
I’m working on acquiring/accessing drums. I’ll let you know…
I like a crafting circle

- Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:44 am
- Forum: Introductions!
- Topic: Hello!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 193293
Re: Hello!
Welcome, Justin!
Yeah, I think I clocked it at about a decade since I last regular’d a forum like this one.
It feels… familiar? There’s some sort of hare-triggered nostalgia involved, and maybe a hint of something… else.
I wonder what will happen this time?

Yeah, I think I clocked it at about a decade since I last regular’d a forum like this one.
It feels… familiar? There’s some sort of hare-triggered nostalgia involved, and maybe a hint of something… else.
I wonder what will happen this time?
- Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:32 am
- Forum: Introductions!
- Topic: FoldableStetson // Nick
- Replies: 3
- Views: 228173
Re: FoldableStetson // Nick
Yeahhh!!! Radical! Welcome Nick!
We gotta figure out how to make noise together
I bet we can manage some light home and auto repair, too!
I really like the double exposure/manipulations in your photography!
We gotta figure out how to make noise together

I bet we can manage some light home and auto repair, too!
I really like the double exposure/manipulations in your photography!
- Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:29 am
- Forum: Introductions!
- Topic: HiddenWheel // Matthew Spady
- Replies: 2
- Views: 175950
HiddenWheel // Matthew Spady
Yo!
I'm called Matthew Spady. I'm a musician, composer, audio engineer, multimedia artist, and fabricator living in Twentynine Palms, A Desert Oasis.
My primary instrument is guitar, and I repair stringed instruments and manufacture electric guitar components for income. www.devildogguitar.co
I ...
I'm called Matthew Spady. I'm a musician, composer, audio engineer, multimedia artist, and fabricator living in Twentynine Palms, A Desert Oasis.
My primary instrument is guitar, and I repair stringed instruments and manufacture electric guitar components for income. www.devildogguitar.co
I ...