Letter from Home | A collection of essays originally written for Flagstaff Live!

Navigation Menu

Into the Great Unknown; The pursuit of mystery in a shared future

Into the Great Unknown; The pursuit of mystery in a shared future

Posted by on Nov 25, 2015

This week’s guest columnist is Peter Friederici. When I first moved to Arizona I vowed I would practice restraint. I won’t go there, I thought. Everyone does; it’s too easy, too obvious. Besides, there were any number of other canyons and peaks and desert vistas and high-mountain vales to explore, many of them spectacular, full of adventure, grand-ish. But...

Read More

Mourning in America; Of decay and the seed

Mourning in America; Of decay and the seed

Posted by on Oct 22, 2015

This week’s guest columnist is Peter Friederici. Even after a decade living here, there’s no way not to notice a train nearing, especially when the diesels are putting out the deep bass rumbling they need to pull 100 cars up the hill going west. The sound fills the backyard, drowning out the birds and the whine of cars and occasional sirens down on...

Read More