Texas Gulf Fliterary
Walking more, even in the heat of the day. More butterflies this season than last, or more than I remember from the oppression of last summer's drought. The ground is dry again, the grass is brown again, but I'm hopeful that this is temporary and the rain will return soon. I've seen several rabbits (but not as many as last year), the flying insects are all about, and I've started a deer two or three times in the middle of the day near a water source. Today he was at the water and ran up the bank as soon as I turned the corner. I could hear him crash through the underbrush in the woods for several minutes, then I heard him snort, perhaps in anger, while I passed. When I was in ... first grade perhaps ... at Marie's Day School on Winchester Rd in Memphis, we would go into the back fields for recess. There were plenty of trees and bushes, and enough areas to become invisible to the teachers for a while (we played Star Trek a lot back then. I think I was Scotty e