Word: desertic
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...pictures of his 26 children and five wives above the kitchen table and says, "That is my brag wall." At 52, Green is not ready to stop bragging. Three more children are on the way. A self-proclaimed "fundamentalist Mormon," Green lives with his extensive family in the remote desert of western Utah. He believes he is carrying out God's will with his polygamous lifestyle...
...Evicted from a trailer park in Salt Lake City for being polygamous, Green moved to the Snake Valley desert in 1995. His family lives in a complex of battered trailers surrounded by wrecked cars and used tires. It is 100 miles to the nearest hospital or grocery store and 55 miles to the nearest blacktop road. At the local school, in Partoun, 80% of the children come from polygamous families. Green's 25 children--one boy died in a house fire in 1997--are between 2 1/2 and 14 years old. For study and play they are divided into five...
...really proud of this one, I think it came out great. Besides that, I’m just looking forward to a break. I don’t really have anything on the horizon right now. I’m going to go out to the desert and recharge, because I’m kind of burnt creatively. I want to take a break, and come back like the Phoenix from the ashes...
...drove into the desert. Seven of Mirwali's soldiers lead the way, packed into a silver 4x4; five in the cabin, two in the back with a dozen rocket propelled grenades and two PK light machine guns. There is no trail across the vast, rocky plains, just tire tracks splicing in and out of a weave heading north. For almost three hours and 40 miles we followed the mujahedin through choking dust. Rows of mountain ridges rose on the horizon like broken witches' teeth. From time to time we came to tiny settlements; the houses sealed behind mud brick walls...
...fading and the light softening, it felt like we were speeding through Old Testament lands: shepherd boys guided flocks of goats over rocky slopes looking for feed; donkeys shuffled along paths with firewood roped to their backs; fields were worked with wooden implements; cloaked figures strode alone across vacant desert stretches miles from anywhere. All that broke the scene was a B-52 trail piercing the clouds far above...