by mary1988 | Jul 8, 2014 | 2014
“So what did you learn?” I ask Brandi, the tall, striking 20 year-old daughter of my cousin. She has just returned from a school-sponsored semester living outside Cape Town, South Africa. Her job experiences were divided between working with elementary school children...
by mary1988 | Jun 1, 2014 | 2014
“I will not hurt you, little one,” I say softly to the dark eyes peering at me above the rippling water. The wet, whiskered nose is in the air, the small round ears flattened to the sides of its head. Most of the long, chocolate-colored body is submerged as it glides...
by mary1988 | May 9, 2014 | 2014
I stand alone at the trailhead, surveying the caution signs. I can almost feel the claws of the cougar slicing my shoulders; hear the swarm of killer African bees swirling about my face. Fear. Pain. Death. For over two years I have stumbled in uncertainty and...
by mary1988 | May 1, 2014 | 2014
When one pauses to notice the Mockingbird spinning cartwheels above his throne atop the palo verde; hears the deep-throated gurgle of a Cactus Wren, the high-pitched call of the Gila Woodpecker, the mournful song of a lonely Roadrunner, or the rapturous serenade of a...
by mary1988 | Apr 11, 2014 | 2014
Are you looking for a Mother’s Day gift for a woman who lets out a whoop of joy at the first sighting of wildflowers? Who kneels to greet every unique, colorful face bursting through the frozen earth? Who’s raking the last remnants of snow and crusty oak leaves from...
by mary1988 | Mar 21, 2014 | 2014
When the exuberance of springupstages the desert’s preferencefor dusty grays, browns and milky greens,know I will be late for cocktails.
