Tag Archives: Adventure

Hollyleaf Cherries Golden Morph

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Jack Elliott

Tafoni on a slab of exposed bedrock beside the golden cherry bush. It recalls the mind warp rock n’ roll nightmare of local band, Rich Kids on LSD, and the bubbles on their Reactivate album cover. “Of all our native … Continue reading →

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Barefoot Prints In Volcanic Ash, Hawaii (1790)

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Jack Elliott

Western slope of Mauna Loa (13,100′). The old trail of footprints lies somewhere beneath the cloud cover. A few months after arriving in Hawai‘i, Perkins was in the Kona area of the Big Island collecting on the western slopes on … Continue reading →

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Red Horny Toad

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Jack Elliott

Out for a walk with Larrold. An unremarkable lesser ridge among the rumpled hills. Chapparal, pine, gravel and grit. Then a flash of tiny red life running cumbersome from the fringe of the trail. Startling in its ochre hue and … Continue reading →

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The Economy of Direction and Sharing of Secret Places

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Jack Elliott

Clouds over the Santa Ynez Mountains, December 14, 2024. Akin to the asperitas clouds of November, 2023. “Rumours circulate about entry points which might give access to unseen spaces. Secrets are jealously guarded, closely shared. The subculture has its subcultures. … Continue reading →