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The mystique of certain San Diego plants and animals
Bees, pit bulls, seagulls, cactus, orchids, and a survey of all birds in the county
Hive Mentality
- “The book said to call the fire department and tell them you’ll take swarms. That’s what I did. I got the swarms.”
- By Shari McCullough, Sept. 16, 2004
Grrrrrrrrrrrr
- Pit bulls can attack and kill. But does such notoriety tell us anything reliable about the dog, or does it tell us -- more accurately, I think -- the degree to which we misrepresent bad dogs themselves?
- By Thomas Larson, July 29, 2004
To Fuse Wind and Motion
- "I approach. Am met with indifference, then wariness. Mothball heads. Bright yellow beaks. Slate-gray mantles. Field vision whole, each sees my coming and a space to move toward. I approach closer. Stick legs and rubbery feet pick-up, put-down, pick-up, put-down. Walk-away, hurry-away, walk-back. Uncertain, curious, gregarious. Lowing at me — me, the problem."
- By Thomas Larson, Dec. 4, 2003
The World Is a Cactus
- “A cactus will take a bullet just like a person, because of the thickness of their skins and all the water in them.”
- By Geoff Bouvier, June 15, 2006
Birds Squared
- "Tom's wife, Ann, said that things had changed completely since the last time she and Tom were here in V17. "In the spring, this was neck-high grasses! We got lost, separated from each other a couple of times. We were tripped by the logs that were hidden and fell on our faces.”
- By Jeanne Schinto, July 11, 2002
Savage Beauty
- “There’s just something about the orchid. The mystique of the flower. It’s hard to say why. Until you get that feeling when you bloom it. I have people calling me and screaming on the telephone, ‘I just bloomed this plant!’’
- By Don McCullough, April 17, 2003