By Amaya Gayle GregorySacred. Authentic. Enlightened. It doesn’t matter what you call it, it doesn’t mean always being happy. It doesn’t even mean being nice or positive, having the answers or being unfailingly at peace. We humans, and not just mystical metaphysical folk, strive towards the Holy Grail, the pinnacle of spirituality, the great awakening, not realizing we could never be anything other than sacred, could not be inauthentic if we tried, are nothing but This That Is, awareness itself.The sacred is at home in negativity, in boredom and anger, in frustration and doubt, in the traditional, in the alternative.…
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… what a treat it was to find a pod of White Pelicans on Lake Roosevelt last week … they are massive with average weights in the 15 to 20 pound range and 30 pounds is not uncommon. Wing spans can reach 10 feet, so when looking at the photo above, from wing tip to wingtip is about two thirds of the length of my boat (14′). They take off with both webbed feet pushing off at the same time as they head down the watery runway, reaching for the sky and they are excellent soaring machines too! Below is…
Join us on Thursday, February 24th from 5:30-7:00 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for our next free Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series featuring Hambone. Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There will be one band or solo artist that plays for the duration of the concert with a different artist playing each month, on the 4th Thursday. February’s concert features local favorite Hambone. Hambone performs original folk and Americana songs with three-part harmony, for a sound that is timeless, yet…
… every Valentines Day I send out a photograph of Sunset Crater … from the air and looking from the west to the east, the crater top appears to be a big beautiful valentine. So to you and yours from Mother Nature, One and myself, a very Happy Valentines Day and we’re wishing you every joy and blessing it is possible to have. The photo below I call “Fish Hooks” and it shows the talons of an Osprey that we got close to whilst at Theodore Roosevelt Lake, NE of Phoenix last Friday … many great shots and worth the…
Health First Foundation is teaming up with the 2022 Sedona International Film Festival to present “Conservation Legacy: An Afternoon with Bruce Babbitt” Feb. 20 in Sedona. The former Arizona governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior will be on hand for a screening and discussion of the Red Rock State Park documentary, a project produced by the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park and narrated by Babbitt. During his time as governor 1978-1987, Babbitt was instrumental in establishing the 286-acre nature preserve and environmental education center on the outskirts of Sedona. The Red Rock State Park film takes viewers through…
As part of the State Route (SR) 179 Sewer Main Replacement Project: Phase 2, the city of Sedona and their contractor, Standard Construction Company, will conduct night work and road closures potentially for the next two weeks as crews work to repair additional sewer main that was discovered to be damaged. For this coming week, the contractor will continue night work to perform operations that cannot be completed during the day without major traffic implications. Specifically, work will occur on the nights of Sunday, Feb. 13, to Thursday, Feb. 17. Traffic control set-up will begin at 8 p.m., with lane…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryIt doesn’t have to be this way. What an interesting thought. It flittered into awareness early this morning when I was lying in bed, awake and still groggy. I wasn’t looking for something to be different. I never am these days. I was simply present, drifting in and out of sleep, enjoying the warm comfy bed, aware that daylight was peeking through the curtains … and there it was. What doesn’t have to be this way? Waking up while it’s still dark? The nerves going off in my arm like popcorn exploding in hot oil? Hurt people…
The city of Sedona invites 501(c) organizations to apply for city grants beginning today, Feb. 10, 2022. Applications are due by noon on Thursday, April 28, 2022 with awards finalized in July 2022 by Sedona’s City Council. Grant applications are available for programs, activities or events developed by 501(c) organizations that provide a public service or benefit and are consistent with the city’s funding priorities. Individual grant amounts have typically ranged from $2,000 to $20,000. Like prior years, grant applications will be distributed by request only. To receive an application, fill out the request form located at www.sedonaaz.gov/grants. More information…
… it was a great day on the lake and besides having fun hunting for some good shots we actually got some. The shot above is of a Great Blue Heron beginning to get breeding plumage … he was posing on a narrow point of land that was poking out into the bay And the image below is a pair of Common Merganser hens that came barrelling by us in a very narrow bay … love that complete explosion of water as they took to the watery runway and soon entered flight. The city sent me a link to the…