Letter From The Desert: 18 years on

I wrote the below-quoted 11 years ago today.

Zeke has a squirrel treed on the power pole behind the photographer.

Once upon a time there was a six-legged beast with two heads that ambled around the hills. One head was arguably smarter. The other head, as all who knew the beast agreed, was wiser and far kinder.

One day the beast split in two. Only a lesser…