The redrock desert of southern Utah teaches me over and over again: red endures.

"The redrock desert of southern Utah teaches me over and over again: red endures, . . . a passion for the bloodroot country of my burning soul . . . Where we live [near Moab], red is endemic, finding its way into every opening, large or small, seeping into each pore of the skin, staining fingers and toes . . . At night, red dirt colors our dreams as we rub our eyes, scratch our eyes, sneeze, cough, as each red particle of sand works its way into the nucleus of every living, breathing, multiplying cell."

Terry Tempest Williams

Photos: (Top) Sunset at Arches National Park, UT; (Middle) Claret Cup Cactus, Corona Arch Trail, near Moab, UT; (Bottom) North Window at sunrise. All three photos were taken on April 18-20, 2015