Cheryl Petty

Cheryl Petty, writer and artist, lives in Northern California and works in Beijing, PR China.
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What is the Breakfast Letter?  It began in 2011 when Cheryl Petty traveled to Beijing, PR China, to work at Tsinghua University.  She has been back and forth, sharing her passion for adventure in picture and story.

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Relaxing at the lake

Dunsmuir 2012 Gumboot Lake and Stewart Springs

Sha Li June 24, 2012
Phlox and eriogonum
Phlox and eriogonum

The other day Bruce and I played hooky and drove to Gumboot Lake.http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/CA-SIS-Gumboot.html  Gas prices dropped to $4.05.  Our internet connection was down and while we re-booted the wireless modem we relaxed at the lake.

There is still over 150 feet/46m of snow at the top of Mt. Shasta. http://www.shastaavalanche.org/  The drive to Gumboot Lake is only 40 minutes from my house in Dunsmuir but takes you above 6,000 feet/1830m.  We took the road through the resort http://www.mountshastaresort.com/ behind Lake Siskiyou, past the Castle Lake turn off, all the way to the top near where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses. http://shastacascade.com/showrecord.asp?id=458

Pedicularis
Pedicularis

On the hike to the upper spring we chanced across a circle of pinecones and sticks arranged like a sun in the grassy meadow.  Anemones and dodecatheon ‘Shooting Star’ bloomed in the moist stream margins.  Mats of Phlox diffusa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlox_diffusa and some type of eriogonum grow together in a natural rock garden.  Pedicularis densiflora ‘Indian Warrior’ are blooming just now.  See it here at the feet of host plant manzanita, also flowering now at this altitude.

Stewart Springs Spa
Stewart Springs Spa

To celebrate the solstice Mary Jo and I visited Stewart Springs Spa.http://www.stewartmineralsprings.com/nodes/aboutus/  Their motto is ‘Soothe your Body Indulge your Soul.’  Their brochure offers, “Soothing private mineral baths, a wood burning sauna, cool river plunges, reflection and transformation gained from a traditional sweat lodge.”  Mary Jo and I roasted in the sauna, wrapped in sheets while others sat in lotus position.  The cool showers of natural spring water, full of silica, invigorated our skin.  Gas is down to $3.93.

See you later

Mountain road
Mountain road
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June 10, 2017

Sha Li excavated drawing pens from art storage, bought a new bottle of Higgins ink and is creating illustrations for the new book series   Origin of the Human Hybrids  .

Sha Li excavated drawing pens from art storage, bought a new bottle of Higgins ink and is creating illustrations for the new book series Origin of the Human Hybrids.


From the first pages of Origin of the Human Hybrids, the character, Mai Martin, is pregnant and struggles for control of her body after a dramatic collapse and revivication involving manufactured blood carrying miniature nano bots developed by the American government. This Sci bi – Science fiction bio sub genre – illustrated story about high technology in the near future, when humanity attempts to save itself with advances in nanotechnology and the creation of augmented humans, is 113 pages, 27,800 words, and 13 illustrations.


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"You play well for a dead man, ZHAO," says GAO. "Tell us about your ordeal?" "The man, DONG, was in our cabin with a knife. He jumped onto the next ship when I fell into the space between." "They looked for you for weeks. Martin Taitai was distraught."
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Cheryl Petty

Cheryl Petty, writer and artist, lives in Northern California and works in Beijing, PR China.

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