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Letter From the Desert: Senitas and Sacrifices

Letter From the Desert: Senitas and Sacrifices

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Chris Clarke
Jun 13, 2021
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It’s a completely reasonable 99°F at 3:00 pm, but I’m still sweating. I am preoccupied. I am keeping company with three species of column cacti. The long drive across the Tohono O’odham Reservation from Tucson required extra caffeine, and I am not fully in the moment. Cactus wrens sing from the rocks. A Gila woodpecker lands on the saguaro nearest the c…

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