Letter From The Desert: Monsoooooon

The iguanas have been seeking shade, and the leopard lizards. When the dog heaves herself mid-walk into the shade of a creosote bush, or of one of my neighbors' oleanders, there is a scurry of lizards deciding to move before 55 pounds of dog lands upon them. Quail rampage more or less heedless of the sun, but the heat and dry has taken its toll on them …