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From Desert Oasis to Multifaceted City: Palm Springs Jul. 06, 2025
By Victor Block In the mid-1800s, people traveling through a desert landscape in present-day Califor... Read More
The Targets in the Desert Nov. 10, 2024
As I likened the election to an impending airplane crash, the irony was not lost on me that I spent ... Read More
New Year's Eve Serendipity in Arizona Dec. 16, 2023
By Bonnie and Bill Neely After wonderful Christmas holidays with our Los Angeles family, we hugged s... Read More
It's Not Easy to Be Green ... in the Desert Aug. 23, 2022
One can well understand the allure of the American Southwest. Shirtsleeves in February. Natural beau... Read More
A Thorny Situation Apr. 19, 2022
"Ow!" I exclaimed, clutching my leg. "I've been stabbed!" I looked down and saw my attacker, an inn... Read More
Eastern California Museum Offers a Treasure-Trove of Surprises Mar. 20, 2022
By Jim Farber The town of Independence, California, on historic U.S. Highway 395 in the Owens Valley... Read More
New Mexico's Three Rivers Petroglyph Site Opens a Door to the Past Jan. 08, 2022
By Bonnie and Bill Neely Driving our RV from home in South Carolina to see our family in Los Angeles... Read More
Science Mixes With History at New Mexico's Valley of Fires Dec. 25, 2021
By Bonnie and Bill Neely On a recent RV trip across the United States, we discovered places of which... Read More
Cowgirl for a Day at Arizona Cowboy College Nov. 07, 2021
By Fyllis Hockman Heels down. Toes out. Squeeze with calves, not knees. Lighten up on the reins. Sin... Read More
Old West Meets Modern Chic in Scottsdale, Arizona Oct. 24, 2021
By Victor Block Bejeweled women dressed in the latest fashions stroll into Gucci, Neiman Marcus and ... Read More
Discover the Flora and Fauna of Joshua Tree National Park Oct. 23, 2021
By Bonnie and Bill Neely Ordinarily we would have driven through the desert landscape as fast as pos... Read More
Search the White Sands of Alamogordo, New Mexico Oct. 02, 2021
By Bonnie and Bill Neely The Tularosa Basin in New Mexico has been inhabited by people since the end... Read More
Desert Driver Aug. 29, 2020
"Don't be scared," my driver said. "I'm going to take you a back way. We won't see another car for m... Read More
Stargazing, Sake and Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage Jan. 26, 2020
By Sharon Whitley Larsen Nothing is more spectacular than watching colorful hot air balloons taking ... Read More
Elvis Still Lives in Palm Springs Apr. 28, 2019
By Steve Bergsman To track down Elvis Presley in Palm Springs, California, I first visited Donna Lor... Read More
Glamping It Up Around Mesa, Arizona Apr. 06, 2019
By Don Heimburger Many years ago, wanting to impress my new bride with my camping skills, I suggest... Read More
Cowboys, Cactus and Spa Comforts in Arizona Nov. 17, 2018
By Nicola Bridges Brushing on horseback past Palo Verde and mesquite trees along dry creek beds with... Read More
A Teenager's Visit to the Border, and the Mile That Changed Her Jun. 20, 2018
If she wanted to, 17-year-old Mary Grace Geise could pretend that what is happening to migrants at o... Read More
With All This Sand, There Must Be a Desert! Nov. 04, 2017
There are people who draw an emotional line in the sand. They seem to say, "This far and no farther.... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jun. 24, 2017
"THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL": Grateful to Ridge for barging in and overpowering Deacon when he was a... Read More
