Our backyard was large and sprawling, cut off from the rest of the neighborhood by a tall white fence. For as long as we could remember,
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2017 The creature does not rush. It creeps with great care along the tattered russet bark of the slash pine limb, a large stick braced between
Of all the larger inhabitants of the soil, probably none is more important than the earthworm. --Rachel Carson, Silent Spring In 1973, I conducted a worm
My father farms dryland wheat in the desert middle of Washington state. Each summer, when the wheat is waist-high and golden, he hires a harvest crew.
1. A Lotto Ticket Under the canopy of sprawling, spiky leaves, I find the first summer cucumber of my garden. It is misshapen, bulbous on one
The police bulletin warned: Presumed unstable. Approach with caution. But the girl didn’t have the look of a criminal. She was early-college or late-high-school. Still a