Category: Notebooks
The Color Of The Desert
The color of the desert, she knew, didn’t sit well with many people. Often they saw no color. ...
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The Poison Fracking Leaves Behind
The poison fracking leaves behind shows up in what the oil and gas industry politely refers to as...
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Massive Hydraulic Fracking
Massive hydraulic fracking with nuclear bombs must have seemed like a good idea at the time. In...
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John Muir Died
John Muir died in downtown Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, 1914. He had been visiting his daughter...
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The BLM Land
The BLM land that swept away from their property stretched out for miles and slanted down the...
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The Creosote Bush
Creosote Bush, greasewood, chaparral, she considered the names more or less interchangeable....
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Huevos Rancheros
Huevos Rancheros made for a fine breakfast out on the patio at the Hotel Bel-Air. They brought...
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Bristlecone Pines
Bristlecone pines shun coddling and eschew constant care. The wretched conditions they prefer,...
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The Land Of Little Rain
When The Land Of Little Rain first appeared in 1906, it’s author, Mary Austin, guided us through...
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Listening To The Voice Of The Desert
When Joseph Wood Krutch’s The Voice Of The Desert was published in 1955, the southwest was on the...
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