Sam Walker's Desert Diaries

Come with me to London, for a truly memorable plod around the streets!

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Time for a catch up!

From floods to football,  missing cats to missing ceilings, it's been eventful....

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It's been a minute!  

A lot has happened since we last spoke, including the small matter of going back to England for the first time in over three years...eep!

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Howdy Stranger

Well...its been a minute and few things have happened.

Time for a catch up!

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The end or the beginning? 

A week of wild weather, lost lizards and life-changing deliveries.

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Straight Shooters and Soggy Waffles

There's some surprises in store as new politcial ads hit the Valley's screens, plus classroom confusion over points of the compass...

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Diaries from a different desert

From the valley to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas via horse shows and rodeos; a fortnight of mighty road trips across the south west.

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FINALLY!

At last, after more than two years apart, my dad makes it to the desert!

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A state full of stickers

From homes to cars to gas stations, there's an explosion (and an explaination) of the many stickers (and flags) across the state. 

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Which Side are you on?

A national holiday reveals the widening political divide in the US, and ongoing conspiracy theories around the last election are alive and well in Arizona.

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The Unwelcome Visitor

In a not entirely unexpected turn of events, Covid comes a-calling to our family home. 

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New Year, New Desert!

Our first visitor in two years gives us a whole new perspective on our new home.

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The $9 potato

We embrace local Christmas tradtions and are introduced to a new reindeer and a very pricey spud.

If you fancy meeting Pedro, here is the link to Donde Esta Santa Claus!

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Old friends in an old city

More adventures in the Big Apple, including a joyful discovery which brings a bit of British Christmas to the desert.

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Reunions and Rememberances

A week in New York City brings joyous reunions and some pre-Christmas magic.

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What the heck is a panto?

America celebrates "radical generosity" and the locals get confused with talk of pantos. 

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Random acts of kindness and the trouble with leftovers.

Thanksgiving rolls around again, bringing a surfeit of food and surprising acts of kindness. 

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Back to school

One week, two visits to two very different schools, one far more surreal than the other,  plus unbelievable questions from the locals...

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Dinner with Coyotes

As the clocks don't change, but do for everyone else, confusion abounds over when to do anything. Plus a luxury dinner with coyotes at some sexy cliffs...

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Illegal pumpkins and confused cowboys

Halloween passes in a glorious haze of facepaint and chocolate and a local has trouble talking to his British relatives.

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