Monday, August 25, 2025

L.A. Mountains Call

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  L.A. Mountain’s Call By Armando Ortiz I walk the adobe road, this old mountain frozen, sagebrush and baking dust engulf me at the turn. L....
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Waves, Joan Sebastian, and Hemingway: A Central Coast Road Trip from L.A.

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Waves, Joan Sebastian, and Hemingway:  A Central Coast Road Trip from L.A. Reflections from a California road trip where literature and ball...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Tastes of Summer: A Memory of Strawberries

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Tastes of Summer: A Memory of Strawberries By Armando Ortiz Every year, from April to June, strawberries come into season across California....
Friday, May 23, 2025

Inca Trail Part Three: In the Wake of the River

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Inca Trail - Part Three: In the Wake of the River Tracing the flow of memory, myth, and history along the Urubamba. By Armando Ortiz, walkin...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Dragonflies: Reflections in Prose

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Dragonflies By Armando Ortiz Live by bodies of water,  natural ponds, manmade lakes, hovering over the surface, dancing by the water’s edge....
Monday, March 31, 2025

Seeing the Unseen: My Journey with Dragonflies

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  Seeing the Unseen: My Journey with Dragonflies By Armando Ortiz Life presents us with patterns of interconnectedness, whether we choose to...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Peru Chronicles: Inca Trail Hike - Exploring the Path to Machu Picchu Part Two

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  Peru Chronicles: Inca Trail Hike - Exploring the Path to Machu Picchu Part Two By Armando Ortiz Into the Lush Andes: As we continued, the ...