Desert: Love

I wrote this when I was in my early 30s. I remember taking the trip described below as though it happened yesterday. The campground, the entire desert was so full of thought and so empty of other…

Published 9th Nov 2024

Memories...

This was found by a gentleman who I believe grew up in the Antelope Valley and was posted by him on Facebook. He found the original typed sheet, probably written around the late 1970s or early 1980s…

Published 20th Aug 2024

Unbounded Space, Uncontrolled Willfulness

I wrote this many years ago, probably around 1998 or so. It takes place in Hellhole Canyon outside of Borrego Springs, California. The banner picture above is a view down the canyon from a place…

Published 7th Aug 2024

Mel Duryée

Written by Leslie Duryée Taber

Published 30th Jul 2024

Roy Rogers

So, I was in 4th or 5th grade around 1975. Yes, I'm aging, thank you. I attended a Catholic school in Palmdale, California on the Mojave Desert. If anyone is interested it was St. Mary's Catholic…

Published 5th May 2024

Calvin and Hobbes - The End

Such a tear-jerker, but so so cool at the same time. Get a bunch of tissue before you start. Trust me. Calvin's Last "Calvin? Calvin, sweetheart?" In the darkness, Calvin heard the sound of Susie,…

Published 16th Apr 2024

Thomas Jefferson Meets Hippies

Thomas Jefferson Meets Hippies; Thoughts on Agrarianism and Counter-Culture by Kent Duryée 1670 Words

Published 18th Oct 2023

Eastern Sierra Nevada - Summer 1917

My grandparents, Harvey Hoag Duryée and his wife, Grace Bartlett Kissam Duryée, moved to Southern California from New York in the very early 1900s, probably around 1905 if not a bit before. With them…

Published 26th Jun 2023

Stills & Collins

So Steven Stills of Crosby Stills & Nash, and Judy Collins were in love. Unfortunately, they weren't meant to be a couple together and they split up. In an interview with The Guardian in 2017,…

Published 14th Jun 2023

Bricks

The pub was around the back to the right

Published 24th May 2023
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