Insects that buzz and sting, birds that hover and hum, or circle, ominously searching for the dead and dying.
Desert visitors may not enter without blood sacrifice. Plants armed with spears, hooks and barbs grab, poke, scratch, as if saying “all who pass must do penance”.
The reward for travelers who endure: stark moonlit landscapes, velvet star-studded skies, coyote song, solitude and serenity.
Desert Dweller 