51.   The Southwest deserts will be dry and seasonable.

52.   They also say the desert is clean like a white bone and that here, they experience visions and mysteries.

53.   They would have passed here in late summer or early fall, when the desert was at its hottest and driest.

54.   This desert is unforgiving.

55.   Thirty-one years after Soleri began his desert experiments, the surrounding desert is all but gone.

56.   Yet, the desert is awash with American equipment.

57.   But the desert is not all sand dunes.

58.   Deserts are sweet and filling.

59.   The desert is now dryer and poorer.

60.   The desert was silent, then exploded.