When I first saw her my heart broke for her. It was in June 2020. She appeared on a camera trap hopping along on three legs. Her left front leg was gone except for a small stump. She was getting around quite well for a coyote with three legs, trotting through the tall grass as…
Read MoreRIVER, SING OUT BY JAMES WADE Categories: Contemporary / Literary Fiction Rural Fiction / Crime Fiction / Coming-of-Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 315 pages “And through these ages untold, the river did act as the lifeblood of all those things alongside it.” Jonah Hargrove is celebrating his…
Read MoreWhen I learn something new about a plant it makes seeing them the next time even more impressive. Hartweg Evening Primrose or Hartweg Sundrops (Calylophus hartwegii) greets the world in the evening, stays up all night, and then by the evening of the next day it is spent. After it is done for the blooms…
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A gasping moment. A double-tap on Lynn’s arm. Grabbing my camera. Slamming on the Gator’s brakes. Climbing through a fence. The pursuit began through prickly pear and mesquite trees. But for what? Since 2015 I have been monitoring the trees and ground for live porcupines on 3 Rivers Foundation conservation lands. Every once in…
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Forgotten Winds 