The Plight of Rock Iguanas in a Single Photo
February 2, 2022
To me, a great vacation is flying to a Caribbean Island and chasing wild rock iguanas over limestone karst and through thorny bushes. It isn’t
Welcome to Tails, Tales, Adventures, Oh, My!
A blog by Elaine A. Powers and Guests
An Ode to Illustrators
January 27, 2022
Books are better when enhanced with bold, colorful, detailed illustrations! That’s a fact. But how do you find wonderful illustrators? This is often a challenge
The Many Rattlers of Tucson
January 18, 2022
The rattlesnake is an icon of the American desert southwest. Even though these pit vipers are found everywhere from Canada to Argentina. Of course, the
Dinosaurs Walk Among Us!
January 11, 2022
Every day I travel through the northern Tucson area to be with my horses at their training facility. My preferred route takes me by a
Insects Inside: A Transformational Season!
January 7, 2022
After a dismal, dry monsoon in 2020, last year was wonderfully wet. The Sonoran desert enjoyed the third wettest monsoon on record with 12.79 inches
Written in the Sand: A Fascinating Find!
December 30, 2021
If you’ve ever written anything, looked at a flyer, or read a sign, then you’re familiar with fonts. Fonts are the style in which words,
