Arizona's Magazine With the Great View
It’s December. The month of religious and secular celebrations, warm fires and friendly conversations, spending time with friends and family, and taking a little break from the demands of everyday life. It is also the time…
There are times when it is nice to take time from travels and explore the natural beauty and creatures that reside where I do. I get terrific photographs of wildlife and nature wherever I go, but…
We’re well into my favorite time of year, fall. The heat of summer is gone. The cold weather has not yet arrived, and the glory of nature preparing for winter is on display for all of…
Sedona and Northern Arizona offer a rich history of Earth and the remarkable art forms that the geology of the area has inspired. Artists who excel in every media visit and many, like myself, cave to…
I enjoy fine dining and excellent cuisine and throughout the rest of this issue you will find incredible restaurants and dishes that make us want to partake of all the glorious foods and visit the establishments…
There’s a buzz in the air. The Sedona Hummingbird Festival is returning from July 26 to 28 and promises to be a celebration of hummingbirds. Learn more about these tiny birds via 14 different speaker presentations,…
You have seen many photos in past issues of Sedona Monthly displaying the beauty of the birds who live here. They make major contributions to our lives, whether or not we are aware of it. We…
Over the years we meet and get to know many whom we deem amazing. That includes non-human creatures that we have accepted into our lives. They bring comfort and solace at times when we need it…
Few things intrigue me more than the realities and potential realities that are possible when I grab my camera and set off on a journey to photograph nature and life on earth. It is the only…
Fitness for wild creatures is totally different than for humans and domesticated animals. Humans have developed and delegated skill sets needed for survival where we do not have to be in good shape to survive. Food,…
In August of 2022, I lost my friend One, a black American shorthair cat. One’s adventures were legendary, both her real-life adventures in chasing bobcats and wildlife and the adventures I created for her in the…
I like cool temperatures. So let’s look at one of the coolest places I know: the San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff. They are one of the first things you see as you go north on…
Every fall, the Sedona Arts Festival brings over 100 juried artists to the baseball fields of the Sedona Red Rock Jr. Sr. High School. This is one of Sedona’s longest running events (at 32 years and…
We’re featuring the San Francisco Volcanic Field in this issue of Sedona Monthly (see it here), and it is one of three active volcanic fields in Arizona. I love Earth, and I am constantly amazed by…
Over the millennia, we humans have constantly been able to improve our living conditions, building more and more creature comforts into our residences. We have gone from the sod homes of the prairies that my late…
A new year is officially underway, and we are blessed to be here. For most creatures on our planet, it is just another day in a continuum of days that begins and ends on dates unknown…
We have the red rocks, dozens of hiking trails and wildlife in abundance, but there’s one place just over House Mountain from Sedona that’s one of the true treasures in the area. That place is Bubbling…
We couldn’t talk to landscape photographer Todd Frame without asking about his last name – a perfect one for his chosen profession. “It also comes back to bite me a little bit because at least once…
Antelope Canyon is a photographer’s playground. Scottsdale-based Suzanne Mathia of Suzanne Mathia Photography is a pro who knows this to be true. She got teary eyed the first time she photographed Antelope Canyon a decade ago….
