These heavy clouds with moisture pent, Did snag on jagged peaks and rent. But once their snowy burden spent, The darkness cleared, magnificent. I looked west, warm in a down jacket, and raised my camera. The beauty of these hills is something spiritual, and nothing sets off that splendor more than morning sun and a fresh […]
Continue reading →A mosquito man’s responsibility lay within the boundaries of his assigned zone, and the job was simple—to kill the larvae in your zone before they hatched into biting adults. The selective insecticide used in the treatment of water-borne mosquito larvae left most other life in the source, the beetles, the tadpoles, the mayfly nymphs, unscathed. […]
Continue reading →“I’m a little nervous,” I said in the parking lot. The ice and hard snow under foot felt foreign beneath stiff ski boots that hadn’t seen these ten toes for a decade. Slippery, and cold, I fumbled with my gear as a novice. I know myself. I know that I will push my ability until […]
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