“It is a land of solid realities and glittering frauds…”

I offer here my thoughts and reflections of a land that I have fallen deeply in love with. From the snowy peaks to Skid Row, it is a place that rouses my fascination with extremes: ocean and desert, mountain and valley, sand and snow. Southern California is the promised land for those of us who are compelled to suck out the marrow of life.

“When you stay long enough to see them and find out that the country is not to blame for your overwrought imagination, you will begin to like it.” — Theodore S. Van Dyke

In my free time I can be found camping in the desert, motorcycling through the canyons, hiking the countless trails or sailing the beautiful mountain lakes that adorn this land. I live for the history and the natural beauty that has shaped Southern California. Be it a Sunday drive through Ventura Country or a midsummer sojourn to the eerie shores of the Salton Sea, I couldn’t think of a more fascinating place to call my home.