Tucson Folk Festival (2013) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Desert Landscape — Image by kenne
“Alone in the silence, I understand for a moment the dread which many feel in the presence of primeval desert,
the unconscious fear which compels them to tame, alter or destroy what they cannot understand, to reduce the wild
and prehuman to human dimensions. Anything rather than confront directly the anti-human, that other world
which frightens not through danger or hostility but in something far worse – its implacable indifference.”
― Edward Abbey
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Snow On The Peaks Above Sabino Canyon — Image by
We are blessed to live on this beautiful planet.
Yet, most people don’t show any gratitude.
Benedicto
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your rivers flow without end,
meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells,
past temples and castles and poets’ towers
into a dark primeval forest
where tigers belch and monkeys howl,
through miasmal and mysterious swamps
and down into a desert of red rock,
and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm
where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs,
where deer walk across the white sand beaches,
where storms come and go
as lightning clangs upon the high crags,
where something strange and more beautiful
and more full of wonder than
your deepest dreams waits for you–
beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.
– Edward Abbey
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Mt. Lemmon Columbine — Image by kenne
I hold no preference among flowers,
so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.
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Corral Fence Line — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast….a part-time crusader,
a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight
for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here.”
— Edward Abbey
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Lupine In The Desert 1 comment
Lupine In The Desert — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.”
— Edward Abbey
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Canyonlands National Park — Image by kenne
“We cannot entrust the management of our lives
to kings, priests, politicians, county commissioners.”
— from A Voice Crying In The Wilderness by Edward Abbey
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Sonoran Sky Island — Images by kenne
“I feel again the poignant urge to grasp it, embrace it, know all
at once and all in all; but the harder I strive for such a consummation,
the more elusive that it becomes, slipping like a dream through my
arms. Can this desire be satisfied only in death? Something in our
human consciousness seems to make us forever spectators of
the world we live in.
Maybe some of my crackpot, occultist friends are right; maybe we
really are aliens here on earth, our spirits born on some other,
simpler, more human planet. But why were we sent here?
What is our mission, comrades, and when do we get paid?
A writer’s epitaph: He fell in love with the planted earth,
but the affair was never consummated.”
— Edward Abbey
“To the consternation of the “committed” reviewer, he is not a
conservationist or an environmentalist or a boxable list of any other
kind; he keeps on showing up as Edward Abbey, a horse of another
color, and one that requires some care to appreciate.”
— from “A Few Words in Favor of Ed Abbey” by Wendell Berry
Sonoran Desert Eye
“He had the zeal of a true believer and the sting of a scorpion.”
— Wallace Stegner referring to Edward Abbey
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Wilderness of Rocks In Pusch Ridge Wilderness — Images by kenne
Words by: Edward Abbey, Aldo Leopold, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
John Muir, and Wallace Stegner
Wilderness Floor
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Painted Desert — B&W Photo 6 comments
Painted Desert– B&W Image by kenne
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives
as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild,
the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of
civilization itself.”
― from Desert Solitaire by
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Saguaros In Sabino Canyon 3 comments
Saguaros In Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit,
and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild,
the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins
and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”
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Painted Lady Butterfly On A Bluedicks Wildflower (Sabino Canyon Recreation Area) — Image by kenne
Society is like a stew.
If you don’t stir it up every once in a while
then a layer of scum floats to the top.
— Edward Abbey
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Brown Haze — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
— Edward Abbey
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Pondering the Hiking Moments On The Trail 1 comment
Pondering the Hiking Moments On the Trail — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Pondering the Hiking Moments
Let’s remember for a moment . . .
The trailhead gatherings,
the greetings, the smiles,
the joy of another hike.
The steep climbs, the switchbacks,
the majestic views at the top,
the masterful returns.
The trail fellowship,
sharing who we are
and common interests.
The pools near mountain trails,
resting tired feet in the cold water,
while others jump in.
The hikes along ridges of granite
and the juxtapositions of water-loving
and drought-tolerating plants.
The images captured on camera,
or our mind’s eye,
lasting images to share.
That which we have added
to life’s experiences forming
a better understanding of self.
The desire, the drive to see
what lies just over the next ridge,
on the other side of the mountain.
To our Sabino Canyon friends,
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome,
dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” *
— kenne
* Edward Abbey
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The Society Of The Fifth Cave Christmas Celebration, 2009 Leave a comment
The Society of the Fifth Cave Christmas Celebration, December 19, 2009
The Society of the Fifth Cave, “A Reading Club for the Non-Discriminating Bourgeoisie,” has existed in one form are another, since 1983. I became a member in 1998. The last time I was able to attend one of our monthly meetings was September 2012.
— kenne
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome,
dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”
— Edward Abbey
Becoming is Superior to Being 