Many thanks to Ron Harton for including two of my poems, Sedona Rain Day and High Desert Benediction on his wonderful Nature Writing site. The poems are illustrated with a photo I took in Sedona on a cold, foggy day in Sedona, AZ several years ago on the trip that inspired these poems. Most people who have visited there know the beauty of the landscape under pristine, blue skies. But even having grown up in Arizona, this was the first time that I was able to experience its spectacular gray persona.