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Native Son: Postcards from the Road

By Steven Chamblee • November 15, 2017

Six days; five presentations; nine new friends; 1397.2 miles. Solo round-trip from Weatherford to Brownsville…the scenic route. All that remains is a head full of memories and a few tattered …

Native Son: October 19, 2017

By Steven Chamblee • October 16, 2017

A Texas Adventure for Hemlock Holmes & Dodder Watson It was another dark and stormy night, and I’m sure Neil Sperry thought to himself, “It sure seems to rain a …

Native Son: September 21, 2017

By Steven Chamblee • September 20, 2017

Still under the emotional influence of my 40th high school reunion the night before, Michael Brice, my best friend from those days, coaxed me into trading a day of watching …

Native Son: Hemlock Holmes and Dodder Watson

By Steven Chamblee • August 22, 2017

A Horticultural Murder Mystery…To Die For! It was a dark and stormy night…and I watched from a covered porch across the street as Mary Gold, wearing an Irish Petticoat, paced …

Friend or Foe? How Can You Know?

By Neil Sperry • August 2, 2017

These are good guys (gals!). They’re the immature stages of the twice-stabbed ladybugs that you may find on crape myrtles. The mature form is glossy black with two orange-red dots …

Native Son: MOWING THE GRASS

By Steven Chamblee • July 19, 2017

It’s a beautiful day in Texas. Eighty-three degrees, eight-thirty am, Wanted to be productive, but not get too dirty, amen. I figured I’d mow the grass, Probably just take just …

Native Son: Making a Little Room For the New

By Steven Chamblee • June 14, 2017

“I can do that?” “Yep…and I think you should. Just because it’s there now doesn’t mean you have to live with it the rest of your life.” “But what if …

Native Son: Geoponic Ritual of the Snaxet

By Steven Chamblee • May 17, 2017

I recently visited the “Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed” exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, which got me to thinking about how we view other cultures…and how they …

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