Courtesy Sedona Heritage Museum
What a Place to Call Home
Nestled between ancient sandstone walls and shaded by centuries-old sycamores, Indian Gardens is a place deeply rooted in time. The most obvious monument to its past is the weathered stone face of…
Photograph by John Burcham
Passing the Test of Time
Jeff Perkins came to Verde Valley School in 1955, when he was a year old and his parents were hired as teachers. For the most part, he’s been there ever since. “My sophomore year, I took a class…
Photograph by Guy Schmickle
Flavor of the Months
NOVEMBER Clear water rushes over small waterfalls at Slide Rock State Park in Oak Creek Canyon. The main attraction here — an 80-foot natural waterslide made slick by…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
Q&A: Scott Baxter
JK: As a portrait photographer, you frame your subjects in creative ways. This one feels different. Why? SB: This is Michael Swearngin, an artist who’s a good friend of mine. We were trying to get…
Photograph by John Burcham
Stoic Cider
Standing at the edge of a small meadow in the Prescott National Forest, I contemplate a small, neglected orchard with Kanin Routson and his wife, Tierney (pictured).  “There’s a ton of places like…
A green sports car cruises down a highway.
Copperstate 1000 Returns to Arizona
The 33rd annual Bell Lexus North Scottsdale Copperstate 1000, presented by the Men’s Arts Council, returns to Arizona this weekend. It is one of North America's most celebrated vintage car road…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
You can call me ‘Cowboy’
There’s no promise of rain on the horizon, none of those bloated blue-black clouds that might deliver a wall of water. Instead, the only things floating in this wide sky are white, wispy, romantic…
Photograph by Jerry Jacka
He Made An Issue Out Of Pottery
If you’re too young to remember, or if maybe the ’70s are just a blur, here’s some of what was happening back in February 1974: The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand was the No. 1 song in America,…