Frank J. Tassone

Tag: American Southwest ‘19 Travel Notes

  • Travel Reminiscence: On ASW ‘19 Travel Notes (7/17/19): a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun

    Shelter-in-place. Curtailed flights. Masked ambulations. “The New Normal” of “New York Pause,” and its sister terms in other states, confine us to save lives. It’s easy to stir against that confinement. But as the last songbirds vie for their territory with every note, I recall travels this past summer, and again feel free. sights and…

  • American Southwest ‘19 Travel Notes (7/17/19): a #haibun

    A four-hour drive from Las Vegas pays off. Vistas of hoodoos and red rock formations galore! A Sense of malleable stillness exudes from this diamond-in-the-rough National Park. Bryce Canyon a panoramic view of Amphitheater Slightly over an hour’s drive later, we reach our next destination! Sentinel stands watch. The Court of the Patriarchs patiently wait.…

  • American Southwest Travel Notes (7/12/19): a #haibun

    a day of walks and views of horseshoe bend and Antelope Canyon ends with sunset views over the red rocks from Airport Mesa. horizon glow a stirring wind and silence Cathedral Rock. An early morning hike yields abundant peace. strenuous steps a vast panorama of red rocks Chapel of the Holy Cross. A fifty-foot Crucifix.…

  • American Southwest ‘19 Travel Notes (7/10/19) #haibun #haiku

    The vista of Red Rock Country from Airport Mesa. A view of Cathedral Rock from a roadside scenic outlook. A backcountry tour with the iconic Pink Jeep Tours. The initial majesties of Sedona, AZ sunlit red rocks a stirring in a vortex A day-long tour of Sunset Crater. A walk on cooled lava. Native American…