The Desert Sage



I find most interesting the conspiracy of life in the desert to circumvent the death rays of the all conquering sun. The beaten earth appears defeated and dead, but it only appears so. A vast and inventive organization of living matter survives by seeming to have lost. The gray and dusty sage wears oily armor to protect its inward small moistness. Some plants engorge themselves with water in rare rainfall and store it for future use. Animal life wears a hard, dry skin or outer skeleton to defy the desiccation. And every living thing has developed techniques for finding or creating shade.

John Steinbeck



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CORNER

NEW MEMBERS

John Waggoner
NEW EMBLEMS

Louis Cavalieri
Don Gabiner

LIST FINISHERS

16. Lu Petitjean
17. Bernie Petitjean
18. Jon Petitjean



SECRETARY-TREASURER CORNER BARBARA REBER

A change in the by-laws of the section requires membership in the section for one year as part of the emblem requirements. Please check your records before sending in emblem lists. This causes excess paper work for both of us. It also causes disappointment to the prospective emblem holder. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
 
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