So I drove out to the middle of nowhere today to visit St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, which is in the Sonoran desert near Florence, Arizona. I’ve never been to Arizona. This is a big, hot, dry, empty state. The desert looks so very, very desolate. How in the world do people cope? But they do. Hey, Arizonans, New Mexicans, and other people who live in desert states, help me to understand why you love it here. I grew up in a lush, green state (sometimes too lush, and definitely too humid), so this is about as alien as it gets for me. Help me to see this place through your eyes, and what you love about it.
Inside the monastery grounds, though, it’s an oasis, as you can see above.
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