Month: July 2021

• The Road to the Big Bend

  June 16, 2021 The day-long drive set the stage for our arrival in the Big Bend country. The land became flatter and more arid, and the stretches between towns lengthened. We began to see dust devils spinning across short distances among the mesquite and cactus. Somewhere south of Pecos, the shadowy line of the Davis […]

  Michael Smith

  July 12, 2021

  In the Field, Mindfulness

  Big Bend, Mindfulness, Trans-Pecos

• Our Venomous Snakes

  Avoiding Encounters and Enjoying Them When They Do Occur (I wrote this for The Post Oak, newsletter of the Arlington Conservation Council. It appeared in the June, 2021 issue.) It is spring, and now we’ve had rain, and so the abundance of life is particularly evident. People are reporting wildlife sightings everywhere, including plenty of […]

  Michael Smith

  July 2, 2021

  In the Field

  copperheads, coralsnakes, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes, snake bite, venomous snakes