Japan in the September Sun
The first thing in Japan noticed wasn’t the neon or the smell of ramen drifting through the air. It was the humidity. By the time we reached the train platform, my shirt clung to my back, my hair had surrendered into a ponytail, and everyone around us seemed far better prepared. Tiny fans hummed around […]
Carizzo in Bloom
For a few fleeting weeks each spring, California’s driest landscape forgets its reputation. Tucked away between rolling hills, Carrizo Plain trades dusty earth and dry grasses for sweeping ribbons of orange, yellow and purple. The valley wakes slowly. Before the sun clears the mountains, the landscape is almost monochrome, the flowers blending into the dry […]
