Tag Archives: Native American

Mandalas Through the Looking Glass

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Jack Elliott

I lay simmering in a scalding hot puddle beneath a gurgling pipe, heart fluttering, riding a rocket of euphoria fueled by endorphins, winter’s slanted morning light illuminating Condor National Forest in an apricot radiance. Beads of stinky spring water on … Continue reading →

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Gaviota Coast Gallivants: Chumash Arrowhead

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jack Elliott

August 2016 “The reverence attached to the artifacts of history is a thing men feel. One could even say that what endows any thing with significance is solely the history in which it has participated.” –Cormac McCarthy, “The Crossing” The … Continue reading →

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Indian Cave

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Jack Elliott

This cave is located in Ventura County. It sits overlooking a gushing perennial spring in otherwise very dry landscape. There are numerous bedrock mortars in the cave and around the immediate area. There are traces of soot on its walls … Continue reading →