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Native Son: April 2014

By Steven Chamblee • April 1, 2014

by Steven Chamblee Arcadia and Mexican Plum Got an invite to visit East Texas in early spring. Sounds like heaven to me, so I sneak out of work early, make …

Native Son: March 2014

By Steven Chamblee • February 25, 2014

by Steven Chamblee Caddo Lake So I get this invite to come and speak at a Master Gardener meeting in Ruston, La. A quick Google up and I see two …

Birdhouse Wisdom

By Steven Chamblee • December 12, 2013

by Steven Chamblee Each day is a blank page upon which can be written the mundane, the profound, the ordinary, the amazing, the tragic, the frivolous, the romantic, the hopeless, …

Native Son: December 2013

By Steven Chamblee • November 25, 2013

Dreams, Bison, Jaguars, and Thanksgiving by Steven Chamblee I am always amazed — and delighted — by the way life serves up a bounty of experiences every time I come …

Native Son: November 2013

By Steven Chamblee • October 30, 2013

Petrichor Petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) The scent of rain on dry earth after a long period of drought. The fragrance comes from oils exuded by plants, which is absorbed by rock and …

Native Son: Equinox

By Steven Chamblee • September 24, 2013

Nature celebrates my birthday each year with the autumnal equinox, a quiet event of great significance … but only for those who live on Earth. I love the gentle lessons …

Native Son: Getting Low

By Steven Chamblee • August 29, 2013

Late August in Texas … that time of year when I’ve been so hot for so long that my mind begins to melt like butter on a sizzling sidewalk. Like …

Native Son: Life & Death; Entropy & Succession

By Steven Chamblee • July 24, 2013

Late morning now, and I have been bumbling through this day since I woke up at 1:30 a.m., slowly witnessing the grand plans I made yesterday fall apart. I had …

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