Brennan and I stayed in Joshua Tree last weekend to celebrate his birthday. We found a house out in the middle of nowhere. We borrowed Rob's car (because it's so much nicer for road trips than my car. Actually it's just nicer) and drove it down dirt roads to finally arrive at a little rental house. There were swings outside and vast desert views.
I had never seen actual Joshua trees until this trip. They're like the palm trees in LA except the palms are shorter and make the tree look hairy as they dry. They grow into unexpected shapes making them appear like humans or monsters.
On our second night we built a fire outside and sat on lounge chairs drinking wine, looking for constellations and listening to Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66. Then we drank some more. I had hoped (in vain) that we'd see UFOs, or at least one.
We drove to the National Park the following morning and climbed over big rocks. Some formed cave-like passages. We entered some.
We filled Rob's car with cacti and desert shrubs that we bought at a nursery and headed back to LA. Two hours later, we presented Rob with a fragrant orchid to thank him for letting us borrow his car.
The day after Brennan's birthday he received a call from his mom to let him know that his cat had died the previous day. When he moved to LA four years ago his mom agreed to look after Kitty at her home in Wisconsin. I imagine they became very close. When I got to Brennan's house in the evening his eyes were red and stung. We drank more wine.
I drew a picture based on a photo of Kitty. We placed it on a table and looked at it while burning a stick of incense.
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