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Posts from the ‘Hard Questions’ Category

Apr 11

A man wearing an orange hardhat using a chainsaw to remove the top of a tree
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Slow death and the felling of trees

A long and wiry man perches high above my head, chainsaw in hand. I know little about him, except that his name is Lee and he and his bride are homesteading half a mile down the road from my coastal home. Read more

May 5

Rattlesnake moving across desert scrub in dappled light
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Venom without malice: On first meeting a rattlesnake

A reptilian head appears from behind a large rock. Curious to decipher a species quite unlike the now-familiar collared lizard or whiptail, I sharpen my focus. And sharply, the threshold question is settled. This is a snake. Read more