I will spare the long-suffering reader my stump speech, and write only about fresh manifestations or embodiments of it. A great example of that happened lately in a small mountain range in southeastern Arizona.
There was a secondary tourist attraction nearby. The rocks were fun to look at. And there was a little bit of history, too.
I avoided most of the visitors, and chose a nearby area that featured a different kind of scenery. The grass had big seedheads on it -- it looked like a kitchen scrub brush. This grass was tawny and was left over from the last monsoon season. Just imagine how lush it seemed at the end of last year's monsoon season -- it is no exaggeration to call it a miracle.
And there were water resources in my hills, as well. That is no small thing in Arizona. The hills were soft, feminine, and useful:
I sighed with relief when thinking about these things. And so I want to know: do other long-term travelers out-grow their initial interest in freakish rocks and other verticalities? Do they shift their loyalty to the 'feminine principle' in nature? That principle manifests itself in several ways. One of the most endearing forms is that of the mother dogs, looking for help in You Tube videos.
I don't care if the video is a reenactment with a pet; I don't care if they hired professional animal actors and trainers. I am a complete sucker for such videos.
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