Author: eric m martin

A writer, teacher and coffee shop owner living in the southern reaches of the Mojave Desert.

The Giving Game at Sagebrush Cafe

The Giving Game is a game fashioned after the holiday spirit where patrons have a chance to both give and receive. First, it’s a way to pay it forward. You can buy a drink for someone else and leave the present on our “tag tree.” Then it becomes a way to get a surprise present….

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Part of a New Antelope Valley

We opened in 2009 and since then a new eating and drinking scene has emerged in the Antelope Valley. It’s almost tempting to say we live in a new Antelope Valley because ten years ago there was no local craft brewing scene, Lancaster BLVD was still Lancaster Boulevard, a hum-drum downtown street with no art…

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Desert Wonderland – Photography by Megan Cripe

Have you ever opened your eyes in the autumn and looked up at a desert sky and spotted a cloud floating in like a sign of the day to come, a flag flown to say that today is a great day to take photos in the Mojave? If your name is Megan Cripe then you’ve…

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