Desert Messenger

BREAKFAST ALL DAY! SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM! Chicken Quesadilla Quail Burger Arizona Omelet Crepes Arizona Burger Refried Potatoes ~ Free Wi-Fi ~ Ask About our Delicious Desserts! May 6, 2020 www.DesertMessenger.com 3 Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com /DesertMessengerNews Follow on Twitter @DesertMessenger @QuartzsiteRain Why I love... Quartzsite! MOUNTAIN QUAIL C AFE Open 7am - 7pm 7 DAYS/ WEEK 928-927-8890 & Gift Shop 500 N. Moon Mt. Ave., Quartzsite (corner of Moon Mt. & Quail Trail) B-10, Main St. Moon Mountain X Quail Trail N Hwy. 95, N. Central • DAILY SPECIALS • Friday FISH Special • Sunday POT ROAST Enjoy our Famous Bread Pudding ! We're Open Every Day! By Jackie Deal What is there about Quartzsite that gets you? That holds you. That brings you back. There may be many things but early morning, late evenings when you walk: it's the quiet, the silence. There's a difference. Quiet is just lack of sound, but silence. Awe, silence enfolds you, silence soothes, silence centers you. And now more than ever, we need to be centered. Fuss- ing, fuming and frantically anticipating the future isn't going to make it better or worse and it isn't going to help us. We are here, right here, and that's where we need to be. Look around you. Are you so busy day dreaming about what might be that you don't appreciate what is? I can drive on "automatic pilot" and hardly be aware of where I'm going or what I'm seeing. The same thing walking. We get so busy communing with that nagging inner child that we miss the here and now. And oh, the beauty that we miss. "Spring is spring- ing up all over!" The cacti are fl owering. Such gorgeous, almost unreal blooms on dry, ugly (yes, some of them are ugly) stalks and stems. The colors are so vivid they defy description. Look at them, really look. The mountains have every shade of brown. I had a hard time adjusting to brown mountains; my mountains in the Northwest are green. Emerald green. Bright green. There is green in the desert but it's a gentle green, a "desert green." It complements the browns; it doesn't try to overpower them. The vivid splashes of wild fl owers punctuate the drabber colors and seem to glow. There is wildlife in the desert too. The Palo Verde tree outside my window hosts about six nests and the tiny hummingbirds suckle from the fl owers beneath it every morning. And rab- bits: the adorable little cotton tailed bunnies pretending to be invisible until the last moment when you approach and then they're off with a fl ash of powder puff tails. People come for the rocks, gems, minerals, for four-wheeling out in the desert. Then there are those who come for the music: music every night. Many come for the craft shows, the "Big Tent" and the "Pow Wow." And they come for the friends and the friendly weather; yes, many of us evacuate when the temperatures hit the 100s. Most of all, it's the people. Friendly, helpful. If I had to pay for all the help I've received I'd be thousands of dollars in debt. And there are two frequent responses to fervent thank yous: "It's my pleasure" and "Pass it on." There are plenty of smiles and patience with the long lines that we snowbirds cause. Oh, of course, a few be- grudge us our share of desert hospitality but a smile and a soft word usually changes that. All in all: we're blessed, we've got it good. Give thanks and love your fellow men. RE-OPENING MON. MAY 11 TH ! "Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present." ~ Bil Keane

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