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Sep05

Desert Les At Large: Visual Escape to Van Gogh

Posted on Sep 5, 2020 | 0 comments

September 5, 2020 By Desert Les Howdie Pardner, Yup. It is good to see you again. Desert Les is back. Not because them Peak readers demded it but because the fool editor told Desert Les to fill this here white space with interestin’ doings and seeings.F Desert Les has been following orders and hunkerin’ down in the family bunkhouse. That dang virus can’t find us here. Fortunately THEY have not taken away our mailbox or...

Aug19

Scottsdale Road Project Underway – Keep the Scenic Drive Scenic

Posted on Aug 19, 2020 | 0 comments

August 2020 By Les Conklin Friends of the Scenic Drive Your Support Important “The Desert Foothills is a special place where the desert gradually rises to the mountains, creating slightly cooler temperatures and a lush landscape dotted with saguaro, palo verde, mesquite, and chollas. The Desert Foothills Scenic Drive (Scenic Drive) was created to preserve, protect, and showcase the desert roadsides of this “special place,” and...

Jul31

Anne Bradstreet Broke Through Publishing Barrier in 1650

Posted on Jul 31, 2020 | 0 comments

July 31, 2020 Written and Edited by Les Conklin At a time when women were not encouraged to write, Bradstreet became the 1st female poet to be published in the New World. In 1647 Anne Dudley Bradstreet’s brother-in-law, Rev. John Woodbridge, sailed to England, carrying her manuscript of poetry without her knowledge. Anne’s first work was published in London as “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up into America, by a...

Jul31

Scenic Drive Information Directory

Posted on Jul 31, 2020 | 3 comments

Click on “SELECT” in the directory to view the associated topic. The restored section of the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, originally established in 1963, is located along the northern-most section of North Scottsdale Road from Happy Valley Road to Carefree Highway in Scottsdale, Arizona. Preserving the heritage and natural beauty of the drive is a community initiative supported by Friends of the Scenic Drive. The Scenic...

May20

Seeing & Doing: A, Norway

Posted on May 20, 2020 | 0 comments

If you live here in Scottsdale, you’ll have to fly a bit and drive King Olav’s Road to the very end to reach A. However, after looking at these photographs, you might want to put the village of A, population 150, at the top of your bucket list. A, pronounced “Awe”, is a village in the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland County, Norway. As you can see on the map below, it’s located towards the southern...