PinnedDana SmithI Give You Colossus!Penniless painters piled into the blighted Arts District decades ago snapping up big chunks of skylighted concrete, brick and beam on the…7 min read·Mar 9, 2021----
Dana SmithGila River of ChangesOver the last twenty thousand years ancient man─ North America’s first people─ established settlements across the desert Southwest. They…8 min read·Nov 29, 2021----
Dana SmithArizona River Cheat SheetThe era of blasting billionaires by rocket ship into orbit is only the latest wrinkle in our jam-packed events calendar. This summer’s…8 min read·Nov 9, 2021----
Dana SmithMop Up of the Odd Item or TwoBoosted with Moderna Monday. I spent Tuesday in bed. I dragged myself out to pay my respects to Dusty Baker who now manages the Astros…6 min read·Nov 1, 2021--1--1
Dana SmithJust Your Average weekTurns out Seldom Seen Smith is still with us. Hard to find but those that know claim Moab is an approximate location of this character…8 min read·Sep 3, 2021----
Dana SmithLet the Garden SpeakAugust is aching over autumn’s scent. The vegetable patch has gone over to the other side. Sunflowers are on the edge of the dance floor…6 min read·Aug 23, 2021----
Dana SmithClimate’s Cosmic JoyrideAir quality at my Google disclosed location in the San Francisco Bay Area is safe today. That’s one of the new not normal modes of the…6 min read·Aug 18, 2021----
Dana Smithquick takes-none fake’s“My people will be in touch with your people.” I got my ear down to the ground, listening for footsteps.4 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Dana SmithI’m a glass half foolEvery winter, from November until April Earthbound Farms operations move from the Salinas Valley of California to the Sonoran Desert of…9 min read·Jul 16, 2021----