A Desert Dweller

Check out this photo! I crawled to within 2 feet to get this shot. This southern pacific rattler was not about to back down. It actually stayed in this position until I left, but never once struck. This guy was found near Mojave, California.

Whoa....how long has it been?

Here it is, the first day of September....and I finally get back to putting something on here. Yes...I am still alive and kicking...though I have not an explaination as to why. I suppose I have been too busy....or maybe just didn't care. Maybe it was just writers block? Oh well....that is how it is at times.

I have had numerous photographic opportunities...and I will post some pics...as soon as I upload them. As for my art...well...true to the promise of which I made in 1992...I have never taken up that hobby again. The mortal wound of which I suffered in that time...has healed not...and I can not force my body to do that, which my heart refuses. It saddens me to think that I have been unable to to put pen, pencil, or brush...to paper and canvas. To me, nothing is more heartfelt and true, than emotion expressed through the media of art. A dark period...quickly approaching 20 years now.

And of the girl I lost...she still resides in my memories...my inner sanctum...my dreams....and alas...my heart. For nearly 2 decades have I withdrawn from the social scene...of dating...of
courtship...of companionship. It has been far to painful to revisit the trauma of the past.
A large peice of me died then...and I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to resurrect it.
This is what separates humanity from almost all other animals. It is our greatest attribute...and our greatest failure.

Until next time........