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Slackers of the Apocalypse
The swallowtails heralded the arrival of real Texas summer this week, big wings working their way through muggy air that heated up to just short of…
Christopher Brown
May 15
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Maypoles and telephone poles
Thursday morning the edgeland cur and I spotted this tree duck on a telephone pole across from the abandoned AT&T maintenance yard. You can always hear…
Christopher Brown
May 1
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Spring fevers
It hasn’t rained much this spring, but it has rained enough to green up our corner of the world for that brief season before Texas gets insanely hot and…
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Apr 24
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Rare Earths
Sunday morning we watched the sun rise over downtown Houston through the window of our hotel room by the loop highway, and what dialed up with first…
Christopher Brown
Apr 10
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Equinox owls and cathode ray graffiti
On the morning of the vernal equinox, Lupe and I headed out right at daybreak to stretch our legs and heads. We had no specific destination in mind…
Christopher Brown
Mar 27
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Sunday morning the East Austin Street Retriever and I headed out for a long walk in the woods and fields behind the factories, right at daybreak. You…
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Mar 20
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The vultures of SXSW (redux)
When I went for my run the other day, I encountered these two vultures watching the Uber cars pour off the ramp here at the edge of town, carrying the…
Christopher Brown
Mar 13
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Winter in the feral city
Sunday a friend visiting from New York and I went for a walk in the weird woods, and saw the first butterflies of the season. Red Admirals, the ones…
Christopher Brown
Feb 27
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Ambient owls and other omens
In the evenings as winter tries to wind down, we’ve been hearing the barred owls calling from the woods behind the factories. It’s maybe the most…
Christopher Brown
Feb 20
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Chupacabras and bird brains
Last Sunday morning as I was cleaning house, I heard our dog barking, the kind of bark that raises the alarm. It sounded like she was up toward the…
Christopher Brown
Feb 13
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Bluebonnets on ice
Before the winter storm blew in Wednesday afternoon, the vultures were out in force. They didn’t need the push notifications or the robocalls the rest…
Christopher Brown
Feb 6
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Eat what you kill
Thursday morning as we drank the first sips of coffee and wondered if we had Covid, I heard the dog barking at the woods with alarm, and went to see…
Christopher Brown
Jan 30
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