… here are two of my all-time favorites utilizing compositing tools … what I call “Unleashed” images containing two or more photos and a liberal dose of imagination as to what might be. Both of these images are on my walls at home … I like them! The image above combines a photo taken east of the San Francisco Peaks on a morning when there was a solid low cloud layer from around the peaks all the way to the Grand Canyon. Sunset crater pokes up through the clouds as does O’Leary Peak just above and to the right of…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 4 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is Estonia’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57aVf1-SBk In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion. No story too shameful, no burden too heavy to carry when you share it with your sisterhood. The Vana-Võromaa (region in South…
Sedona News – Vajrayana Buddhist teacher, Venerable Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche, will visit Sedona, Arizona New Years weekend for a teaching and smoke offering puja. At the request of Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) Spiritual Director Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, on Saturday, Dec. 30, Khenpo will give a talk on the Purpose and Meaning of the Riwo Sangchöd Practice at Sedonya Conscious Living Center. Seating for the talk is limited, tickets are available on Eventbrite. On Sunday, Dec. 31, he will then lead the Riwo Sang Chöd smoke offering puja at the Amitabha Stupa. All are welcome to attend either event separately…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Glory to the Heroes” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 4 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPUNraVkesg In June 2023, Russia destroys the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine and commits an unprecedented ecocide. In response, French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy returns to Ukraine to capture Ukraine’s deep humanity despite the dire conditions, and a civilian resilience and resistance unlike any other. In “Glory to the Heroes”, Lévy, along with his co-director Marc Roussel, spends the summer in eastern Ukraine recording for the world a passionate…
By Roseanne Jennings Sedona, AZ – If you’re looking for reasons to visit the sun and red sands of Sedona, here’s an idea: romance. In a new survey from New York Travel Guides, Sedona, Arizona earned the title of the second most romantic city in the US, just behind Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The top ranking is mainly thanks to Sedona’s art galleries, wine-tasting opportunities, red rock buttes, and luxury destinations. The survey also highlighted Sedona’s “world-class” spa resorts and accommodations, many of which won national accolades in the past year. Previously, Sedona came in as the eighth small town and 23rd best place in…
by Russell Vandenbroucke — Sedona, AZ – What moral universe condones a surprise attack in Israel–lasting less than a day–that slaughtered 1200 men, women, and children and kidnapped hundreds more? What moral universe authorizes killing, in retaliation, more than 17,000 Palestinians (and rising), 70 percent of them women and children, in less than two months? In comparison, Ukraine recently reported 560 children among 10,000 civilian deaths during the first 20 months of Russia’s “special military operation.” What moral universe sanctions my taxes to support the carnage? My government is also the sole member of the UN Security Council to veto…
… for the rest of the year I will be sending out some of my all-time favorite photographs and photographic art including composites. These are images that I have or have had on display in my home … the artists favorite picks! The shot of the donkeys above has been in the top list since I took it in February 2021, and it has also been one of my best sellers. It is awaiting its turn in rotation in the dining room. I had a permanent frame made on a wall in the dining room that takes a 48″ x…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival will host a Christmas Show Benefit on Friday, Dec. 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Come celebrate Christmas with a 1-Hour Christmas Show Benefit! Five Sedona locals are in the holiday spirit and will sing Christmas classics to benefit a father of three with medical bills. A few songs will feature special guest, Pastor Paul Wallace, on the guitar singing a handful of songs from “Jesus In The House”, a sing-a-long that takes place weekly at the chapel. Expect Christmas classics, holiday instrumental favorites including The Nutcracker and…
Sedona News – The Sedona Police Department launched a traffic enforcement effort with support from an Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety grant totaling $2,400. The grant pays overtime to enforce and participate in driving under the influence (DUI) programming and the selective traffic enforcement program (STEP). Approximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the U.S. involve drunk drivers. In 2022, 202 people were killed in DUI crashes in Arizona, and in 2022 in Sedona, the Police Department made 53 DUI arrests. In 2022, 426 speed related fatalities occurred in Arizona and another 20,069 with injuries. For more information…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers that State Route 89A north of uptown Sedona has reopened to traffic Friday morning, Dec. 15. Crews worked this week to remove loose rocks and unstable material from a slope along SR 89A to create safer conditions for highway travel. ADOT and its contractor worked to reopen the highway as quickly as possible. While the highway has reopened, the road surface is rough due to the removal of damaged pavement from falling rocks during blasting. Crews are scheduled to repave that section of SR 89A on Saturday. Drivers should expect…
Sedona, AZ — Listening to the City Council discussion on funding for the Uptown Visitor Center I found it interesting that the decision-making process seems to be only propelled by percentages or arbitrary numbers. This seems to be a type of corporate thinking letting the numbers dictate decisions and can be a flawed way of deciding important issues. Using “data” numbers to make decisions does not work in the case of the Sedona Uptown Visitor Center or a healthy and realistic way of managing our tourism economy. The visitor center is primarily used by first-time and infrequent visitors. It is true,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona theatrical premiere of “Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids” showing Dec. 23-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Billion Dollar Babies” premiered at the 2022 Sedona International Film Festival where it received rave audience reviews and high ratings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNnBd_O80-E Before the Cabbage Patch Kids, no one could have imagined a world where police would need to break up fights between rampaging adults in toy stores. But after the Cabbage Patch Kids, every manufacturer in the world was desperate for their…
Sedona, AZ — Just about everyone on the planet has heard the term “fast food.” But how many are aware of the antidote to fast food, called “slow food?” Where fast food is composed of mostly un-nutritious components that do more harm than good, slow food elevates cuisine to the level of art, utilizing only the freshest and most wholesome of ingredients cooked to perfection in a natural way. Over thirty years ago, a large group of Italians gathered in Rome for a protest. Why? A fast food franchise was opening at the base of the iconic Spanish Steps. Instead…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Have you ever wondered what you do if you weren’t doing what you’re doing? It’s an interesting puzzle, to believe that there is something better or different that could be, should be done. The thought seems to pop up out of the blue without any warning and then slides back into the depths before I can give it a good look. Today that thought arose as I was working in the yard, the ginormous yard, 5 acres to be more specific, of which gratefully only one acre is house and yard that requires woman handling. It’s…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona’s Clerk’s Office reminds business owners to renew their Business License now for calendar year 2024. Renewal applications must be submitted and approved by Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Five dollar-a-month late fees will begin to accrue on February 1, 2023. Notifications were sent out via email, to the email address on file. Business owners are encouraged to check their spam folder if they did not receive the notification. Business owners will receive an email when the application has been approved; at that time, a renewal fee of $35 is due after the application is approved. Payment…