We arrived in the late afternoon on Friday for the 2019 Bisbee Fiber Arts Retreat & Gathering that Caroline is attending. It was just at the last minute on Wednesday when she learned of it, and with some encouragement, she booked herself a spot, and I found us a place to stay.

We’re staying at Lisa Thompson’s Thunder Mountain Ranch, available on Airbnb. Lisa raises alpacas out here under the Milky Way. Astonishment is the only way to describe the feeling when we once again find ourselves deep in the desert before the moon rises and look at the billions of stars that fill our vision. Now, if only I’d wake tomorrow morning with my vision cleared of constantly living with our recent journey into Europe. Why do I have that feeling? It’s because every day we’ve been back, I return to our trip in order to finish transcribing my notes and bringing them together with a selection of photos I shot so they may all sit here on my blog into the future.