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  • Poem Nominated for a Pushcart Prize December 15, 2019
  • Should Poets Only Sing of Love and Light? December 15, 2019
  • Fall Drifting Away December 15, 2019
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  • Another Great Tucson Sunset December 14, 2019
  • Capturing The Moment –“Who Includes Diversity, and is Nature . . .” December 14, 2019
  • James A. at 10 Weeks December 14, 2019
  • Ghost Of Desert Future December 13, 2019
  • “The Hunters In Snow,” A Favorite During The Holiday Season December 13, 2019
  • Ghost Of Desert Past December 12, 2019
  • Three Ravens Of Christmas December 12, 2019
  • What Is Poetry? — My Thoughts December 11, 2019
  • Yesterday Was Emily’s Birthday December 11, 2019
  • Twilight On The Mountain December 11, 2019
  • What? December 10, 2019
  • Friend, AJ Murphy December 10, 2019
  • Mental Health and Education December 9, 2019
  • A Solute To The Common Man December 9, 2019
  • December In The Canyon — A Painting December 8, 2019
  • Catalina Highway Hoodoos December 8, 2019
  • Capturing The Moment — Hoodoo Pinnacles December 7, 2019
  • Panning For Garnets In The Canyon After The Rain December 7, 2019
  • Sonoran Desert Fenceline December 7, 2019
  • Fall Reflections December 6, 2019
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  • Those Huge Texas Monarchs December 5, 2019
  • Capturing The Moment — Dragonfly In Flight December 5, 2019
  • Male Phainopepla December 5, 2019
  • December Is Here — Desert Sunset December 5, 2019
  • Blues Legend Jimmy “T99” Nelson December 4, 2019
  • Chilly Morning In The Desert December 4, 2019
  • When Azure Turns To Gray December 3, 2019
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• A Few of Kenne’s Photos (Click on any image to see in slideshow)

  

  SCVN Weds Walk 08-01-12

  

  

  

  Mountain Spiny Lizard

  

  La Milagrosa Loop Hikers

  

  

  

  

  

  Friday with Friends & Molino Basin to Prison Camp

  

  

  

  

  

  Southern California September 2012

  

  

  

  Carpenter bee on sneezeweed

  

  

  

  

  Ed On Marshell Gulch Trail

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Audrey, Joy, Hannah and Kenne

  

  

  

  

  

  Sycamore Reservoir

  

  

  

  All Souls Procession

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Cactus Wren

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Domingo DeGrazia’s Spanish-guitar band

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Kate and Jaxon

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Turkey Vulture at Tanque Verde Wash

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Virginia & Jim At The Hunter Trail Saddle

  

  

  

  

  Chase & Grandma Joy

  

  Doves, Lightening, Hiking

  

  

  

  

  

  

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