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Owl on 666
A true story about an injured great horned owl, a favorite chicken and a jacket. I originally wrote this show at the beginning of...
Desert Dreamscapes
l like the genus name Amoreuxia. I think it may be the “euxia” part that feels so pleasant to say. And the specific epithet...
My Little Sweet Potato
When I was a kid growing up in Kentucky a lot of folks called sweet potatoes yams. Even in the grocery stores they were...
King of the Dogs and Queen of the Night
When I initially wrote this story I was using Lyman Benson’s The Cactus of Arizona as my reference and the queen of the night...
Mentzelia pumila
Mentzelia pumila is in the family Loasaceae. Kearny and Peebles in Arizona Flora note that “the family is remarkable for the diversity and peculiar...
Winter Fat
I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winter fat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described...