All 40 plastic gallon jugs were completely empty. I lifted each just to be sure. Sweat evaporated from my face so quickly that all I felt were deep layers of salt crusted on my skin. Hot wind blew in my face as if from a hairdryer. Knee-high bushes and cacti did little to provide shade. Abi and I were hiking across the Mojave Desert, a 37-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail, famous for its high temperatures and lack of water. …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
44. Conversations through Art with Mayuko Shono
Let me try to paint the picture for you. You’re walking through a really busy shopping district. There’s nothing Christian anywhere around. Then you suddenly come upon Mayu’s pop-up shop in the middle of the most popular area of the busiest city on the planet. And there Mayu sat, in a display window, painting and talking with everyone who came by. …