State of Wilderness

Month: May 2015

  • Big Thicket National Preserve

    Last Saturday found us in the visitor center for the Big Thicket National Forest, north of the town of Kountze.  We had stopped in briefly to get information on trails, and now we were back for a respite from the muggy humidity and the bugs after an hour long hike on the Kirby Nature Trail.…

  • CRNT #7: Cinco Ranch Nature Trail Haikus

    Rabbit flat in grass Hiding, quiet, from the dogs It is safe, for now     Line up on the rocks Mommy, daddy, babies too Nature’s artists, all Three herons hunting Two egrets want to join in One heron, not sharing   Birds sitting in a tree Singing a sweet song of glee Longingly I…

  • Willow Waterhole

    Last week, I flew the coop again.  I was waiting on a friend who didn’t appear, and I didn’t want to lose another day to my living room, so I loaded the stroller and left to explore a park that I had been reading about and hadn’t visited yet. This time,  I decided my main objective was…

  • Kleb Woods

    A generation or so ago, mothers were recommended to stay in for a “period of confinement” after their babies were born.  Well, I don’t deal well with captivity.  My forays into the world were initially limited to the immediate neighborhood, then surrounding neighborhoods, but by four weeks into this “period of confinement”, I was ready…