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Letter From the Desert: Is Joshua Tree Over?

Letter From the Desert: Is Joshua Tree Over?

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Chris Clarke
May 05, 2021
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Letter From the Desert: Is Joshua Tree Over?
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Some of us knew there was trouble when people first started painting their houses black. You don’t do that in the desert. Don’t take that the wrong way. We are remarkably tolerant of different colors of house paint. Paint your exterior walls light brown to match the surrounding mountains, or deep red or terra cotta to provide a spark of colo…

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