This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors, be it a back yard or out to the desert.
The photos are mine. The Boy’s Book of Frogs, Toads and Salamanders came out in 1957. I got it as a present when I was 9 or 10. The duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the country band The Dusty Chaps.
I think I should have called this show, “infundibula, blah, blah, blah”, and though I love to poke fun at the terms, the truth...
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I revealed most of my personal chicken history in this episode. It’s an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control of my...