Mount Diablo, Locus Dei

Posted by: John Bukowinski on Apr 27, 2012 | One Comment

On the morning of September 11, 2001, we sat transfixed as unspeakable violence and tragedy emanated from our television screens. Having just graduated from college and spent a summer abroad in Poland in a search to find myself, I sought refuge and perspective that fateful day at the one place I knew it might be found.

I climbed up to Mitchell Rock, a jagged tooth breaking through the dry skin of a low-lying foothill of Mt. Diablo, less than 2 miles from where I grew up.