Jargoned to Death

Jargoned to Death

by Alan Stark August 14, 2012 Mountain Passages

Getting caught in a storm on a sailboat, and other jargon.

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Motorcycle Code

Motorcycle Code

by Alan Stark July 30, 2012 Mountain Passages

“I need help to buy a Honda 500 that I plan on riding to California.”

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Come into the bone bell: come inside, come inside

Come into the bone bell: come inside, come inside

by Mary Sojourner July 24, 2012 Hoodoo

“And, as you will learn in the months to come, our brains do not belong to us. We belong to our brains. And, in that, to our bodies.”

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Talking Interfaced Red State Blues

Talking Interfaced Red State Blues

by B. Frank July 16, 2012 The Ragged Edge

Outside, three Ponderosa pines shed needles onto a yard that is dry as an old man’s fart

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Tracking Down Bambi

Tracking Down Bambi

by Charles Clayton July 10, 2012 Pagan Parenting

We’ve all seen it. Cute bunnies. Cute skunks. Cute birds. Cute deer. The whole gang of them “twitterpating” just off camera when the sap starts rising each spring.

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Crazy-Eye Season

Crazy-Eye Season

by Ana Maria Spagna July 3, 2012 Wet Wool

It’s the time of year when the phrase “doe-eyed” takes on all new meaning.

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Wildfires and a Complacent Media

Wildfires and a Complacent Media

by M John Fayhee June 26, 2012 War Paint

As these words are being penned, the largest wildfire in New Mexico history is still active right on the other side of the ridge directly to the west of my house.

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Garden Scheme

Garden Scheme

by Alan Stark June 22, 2012 Mountain Passages

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.

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History, in Black and White

History, in Black and White

by Jen Jackson June 21, 2012 Desert Reflections

Coyote is a place. Cosme is a name. And the aspen trees only hint at the fact that they are also so much more.

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Hunting Bears

Hunting Bears

by Tricia M. Cook June 19, 2012 Living Beyond Lost

They would come in the midst and mist of night, moon or no, after I had turned off the lights and brought in the dogs.

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