Why "Perched on Sumerian Eyrie: Floating Ziggurat" Is Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea

Let’s pull the veil back on this poetic bit of geographic engineering—why does a story of floating nomads, wind-harvested dreams, and airborne ziggurats land (or rather, launch) from Carmel-by-the-Sea?

1. The Land Before the Lift-Off
Carmel-by-the-Sea, with its stubborn cliffs and whispering pines, is no ordinary coastal town. It’s a living anachronism wh…