Stories
July 18, 2018
A ghost… a trumpet… mariachi. Read my story “Mariachi Mischief” in the Tucson Sisters in Crime Trouble in Tucson Anthology.
I was part of a panel interview on the Big Blend Radio podcast about the Trouble in Tucson Anthology. You can listen with these links to YouTube and SoundCloud.
Nature Essay Newsletter Past Editions
My newsletter started out as Harmonious Living and is now Sky Earth Water. Each newsletter features short essays on what is happening in the sky, earth, and water in the southwest desert where I live.
Harmonious Living August 2020: Perseid Meteor Showers; Fruits and Vegetables in Season; Hermit Crab Natural Shells
Harmonious Living September 2020: Bird Migration Maps; Hatch Chile Season; Verde River Exchange
Harmonious Living October 2020: Viewing Autumn Leaves; Pomegranates; Shifting Phases of Water
Harmonious Living November 2020: Farmers’ Almanac Signs of Winter; Leave the Leaves; Gratitude for Water
Harmonious Living December 2020: Listen to the Sky; Escape to the Forest; Steam Dance; Gift of Trees
Harmonious Living January 2021: Design of Trees; Lemons; Return of Rain; Mystery Burrow
Harmonious Living February 2021; Hygge in Nature; Listening to Birds; Lemon Pies; Tea Time
Harmonious Living March 2021: Wildflowers; Woodpeckers; Signs of Spring
Harmonious Living April 2021: Migrations in Sky, Earth, and Water
Harmonious Living May 2021: There’s a Nest for That!
Harmonious Living June 2021: Manhattanhenge; Quail Chicks; Mirages
Harmonious Living July 2021: Monsoons; Frogs; Books Featuring Water
Sky Earth Water August 2021: Olympics; Meteor Showers; Mint
Sky Earth Water September 2021: Migration Season; Caterpillars; Water Sommeliers
Sky Earth Water November 2021: Jet Stream Identity Crisis; Partial Lunar Eclipse; Verde River in Fall
Sky Earth Water December 2021: Papa’s Star; Trees; Winter Rain
Sky Earth Water January 2022: Rabbit Visits; Moss; Gnome Surprises
Sky Earth Water February 2022: Love Birds; Rewilding; Olympic Ice
Sky Earth Water March 2022: Nest Scouting; Orange Shells; Peace in Water
Sky Earth Water April 2022: Bird Troubadours; Easter Bunnies; Water Calendar
Sky Earth Water June 2022: June Sky
June Earth 2022: Wallow Spots and Summer Solstice
June Water 2022: Lake Swimming
July Earth 2022: Saving the Sequoias
July Water 2022: Monsoons and the Mulberry Tree
August Water 2022: Unfamiliar Patterns
August Sky 2022: Hawk Family
September Sky 2022: Spider Homes
October Sky 2022: Birds in the Sky, in Art, and in Song
November Earth 2022: The End of Blueberry Season
December Earth 2022: Metal Energy and Saving Seeds
January 2023: Water Energy
February Sky 2023: Blowing in the Wind
March Earth 2023: Daffodils, Leeks, Tortoises, and A Hummingbird Visitor