Buck is the biggest, meanest deer I have ever seen. He's been hanging around my house ... with occasional absences ... for years and I've posted several blogs about Buck before. We always worry when we haven't seen him for a while but he's back again now ... Badder than ever. I post a link to a PDF file because the software platform I use for KinesavaROCKS just doesn't support custom graphics well enough. So, you have to click the link below to read the continuing story of Buck. Buck is Back !

Harsh desolation defines the desert for most of the year. In high summer, heat soaks into the Earth until it's hot for the entire 24 hour...

It ain't agate or jasper ! My dad collected rocks for over half a century here in the West. Nearly all of the rocks I inherited are...