Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 13-07-2015
Stop! It is not a scorpion! It is not poisonous. And, okay, it is not beautiful like a butterfly. Sunspiders, camel spiders, and windscorpions – all these names refer to the same critter, a spider like insect called a solpugid.  Even if you dislike flies, moths, cockroaches, earwigs, crickets,...
Stop! It is not a scorpion! It is not poisonous. And, okay, it is not beautiful like a butterfly....
Stop! It is not a scorpion! It is not poisonous....
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 10-07-2015
Aesop’s Fable One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump,...
Aesop’s Fable One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till...
Aesop’s Fable One hot summer’s...
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 20-06-2015
It’s that time of year. The weather is delightfully mild in the evening and little rodents are out scurrying around unaware of danger, in the form of rattlesnakes, quietly waiting for an opportunity to strike. I saw my first sidewinder of the season this evening and wanted its picture as an illustration....
It’s that time of year. The weather is delightfully mild in the evening and little rodents...
It’s that time of year. The weather...
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 30-05-2015
For the earlier dwellers at the Oasis the long winter nights were a time to tell stories. These stories show a keen ability to observe and translate natural phenomena into memorable lessons—in the following case the behavior and yearly appearance and disappearance of certain winged nightlife. Moth,...
For the earlier dwellers at the Oasis the long winter nights were a time to tell stories. These...
For the earlier dwellers at the Oasis the...
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 13-12-2014
The Papago Indians called it, and we echo their thoughts — the desert smells like rain. Even as the humidity rises before the rain, that special smell permeates the air, our nostrils flare, and we can feel the softness of a smile move up into our eyes as our lungs...
The Papago Indians called it, and we echo their thoughts — the desert smells...
The Papago Indians called it, and we echo...
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 14-10-2014
The tickster. He is a cunning, sly, rule breaker, a teacher of lessons. He is a jokster, a prankster, a shape changer and sometimes the creater of the universe. He is also a varmit, a pet eater, and a chicken stealer. He is coyote – any coyote whether male, female or pup. Native American and First...
The tickster. He is a cunning, sly, rule breaker, a teacher of lessons. He is a jokster, a...
The tickster. He is a cunning, sly, rule...
Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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Desert Stories by Pat Flanagan
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by Pat Flanagan 08-10-2014
  Most people know the roadrunner because of the clever shenanigans it has devised over the years to avoid being eaten by Wile. E. Coyote. We all love a rogue and in this case the rogue is truly a cartoon character and bears little resemblance to the real Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx...
  Most people know the roadrunner because of the clever shenanigans it has devised...
  Most people know the roadrunner...

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