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Life Finds a Way
Ajo, Arizona
2024

A Little Off the Top
Ajo, Arizona
2024

Some barbers just don’t know when to stop.

Saguaro de los Muertos
Ajo, Arizona
2024

I was out riding my bike on old desert mining trails when I came across this ominous looking saguaro at a trail crossroads.

Day of the Dead Parade
Mexico City
2017
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Circle of Influence
Ajo, Arizona
2024

I was taken not only by how nearly perfect the circle of this anthill was but also by how crisp its edges were. I would have thought that the disturbed pile of sand would gradually taper off rather than form an abrupt edge. But that’s probably just the statistician in me trying to assign some probability distribution to the distance from the hole that each ant feels like carrying a grain of sand. Instead of thinking statistically though, perhaps I would gain a better understanding by reading up on anthill engineering. Who knows if there’s even a book or website out there covering the topic, but I’m sure there’s at least a bunch of biology master’s theses on the subject sitting around in university libraries across the country.

Art and Politics
Ajo, Arizona
2024
“Walls Are For Art, Not Borders”

Color Inside the Lines
Ajo, Arizona
2024

Participants in a community mural project.

Words of Warning
Ajo, Arizona
2024

This mural was one of the first things that greeted us when we arrived in Ajo for our January stay. The intentionally humorous warning seemed quite humorous indeed in mild-weathered January, but in the middle of the summer I imagine it comes across as much more menacing.

Standoffish
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
2024

A cactus wren at least briefly forsaking the behavior it’s named for–roosting on and nesting in cacti.

Regal Roost
Ajo, Arizona
2024

Ajo Skyline
Ajo, Arizona
2024