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We come to know our world through five senses. But we understand our perception is selective; we can’t possibly process all the details of external stimuli.  We say seeing is… Read More →

Mankind has always had doubts about his existence, and in the absence of facts he has been known to make his own.  There was once a debate about man’s arrival… Read More →

They’re listed in TPWD’s Texas Most Unwanted Plants and Animals, and they’re right up there with feral hogs and zebra mussels.  When found on personal property in Texas, you can… Read More →

Our subconscious is limitless, like the cosmos.  That’s why dreams are so weird and implausible.  You’re walking in the woods.  It’s a nice day, still dark on the road, the… Read More →

Meandering is what happens when there are no boundaries. Creeks are fickle meanderers. They’re one of those serendipity occurrences of nature.  With the exception of earthen banks, not much will… Read More →

The light is still young; a new day has just been born. The day seems stunned and not quite ready to begin. The high desert wind blows constantly—without tenacity you… Read More →

My name is Harry Thorax, reporting live from the beautiful (and packed) Plainfield Entomology Auditorium. It’s an honor to participate in this inaugural event—the first annual Western Hemisphere Tiger Beetle… Read More →

Dwight D. Eisenhower is a hero so deeply ingrained in U.S. history that monuments to his fame and respect for his contributions can be found all over this country.   Everything’s… Read More →

There is a creature which lives with such intensity, always in motion, burning itself so completely in the fire of survival that nothing is left behind—not even a trace of… Read More →