Our winter home is at Glamis North Hot Springs, formerly known as Imperial Spa, near the Salton Sea, midway between Indio and El Centro, CA.

We have quail and coyotes to serenade us in the evening, and lots of ATVs to serenade us on busy weekends as they enjoy miles of desert trails in all directions.

In April 2016 the idea came into my head (from God?) to build a 10 by 12 foot storage shed as a project for our grandson and me. It was finished just in time! Details of the shed and its 200-watt off-grid solar system are posted at www.jimkaness.com/books.

In 2017 our son's electric bicycle was severely damaged in a fire. Details of our restoration are posted at www.jimkaness.com/books.

Anne has completed several oil on canvas paintings during our winters in the desert. Shown here is just one of them. The view is from the window of our home here one afternoon, with the Chocolate Mountains in the background and one of the mule deer that come by to eat our flowers.

Anne's "poolmobile" is this 1973 Otis Golf Cart we acquired in 2005. Just the thing for driving to the pools, to visit friends, or to church at Glamis North. Also it's Jim's new hobby: when no manual could be found Jim wrote one.

The desert is full of abandoned dreams, dissolved over time by flash floods, high winds, and the hot sun.