Sometimes it's just been too long talking on the phone. It had been 4.5 years since I saw one of my closest college friends, so over MLK weekend I flew out into the desert to see her (and a doctor while I was at it.) My first trip to the desert charmed me. I thought the dryness and lack of green would seem flat, but the colorscape of sages and tan mountains showing deep wrinkles were calming. Of course, the best part was meeting my friend Naomi's three little pixie-curled cuties, and talking int…
