by beachraven | Feb 20, 2021
Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii The sky grew rich with deep orange hues streaking across a pale-blue sky as I made my way over the mountain pass into Joshua Tree National Park. The pockmarks of man’s activity gave way to the undisturbed desert...
by beachraven | Feb 12, 2021
Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve, Monterey, California I know a Frenchman named Marcel. Several of us would occasionally meet at a coffee shop for a sip, a bite, and a chat on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Marcel never ordered coffee because he made his own at...
by beachraven | Jan 29, 2021
Cannery Row, Monterey, California It rained most of the night, but in the morning, the sun broke through the clouds and sparkled off everything. Donna and I went out for an early walk, and as soon as we left the gate, we heard in the distance a murder of crows...
by beachraven | Jan 23, 2021
Sunrise at Monterey Bay, California It always seems to happen; I never know how I’m going to feel. I was surprised the day after we got married by how good I felt and was struck entirely off guard when I saw my first album credit. Of course, this time, I knew...
by beachraven | Jan 15, 2021
Downtown Monterey, Monterey, California The other day, as I hiked down a trail with loose dirt, slipping and sliding, I flashed on a memory of my aunt Mary teaching me how to ski. I must have been seven or eight years old on the bunny hill, lace-up boots and...
