Category: The Chachalaca
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Coahuilteca Foraging
With her eyes wide open for a rattlesnake, Akeye crawled on her stomach – the sharp thorns of the low blackbrush and mesquite branches scraping across her back as she gathered mesquite screw beans and Texas ebony bean pods. The strongest Coahuiltecans had disappeared with their bows, arrows and nets before sunrise.
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The Chachalaca: Winter 2022
Diane Hall, editor Read the articles below and leave the author a comment. Click here to view the pdf file: The Chachalaca Winter 2022. Vol. 19 No. 4. December 2022 – In this issue: Editor: Diane Hall All photos were taken by the author unless otherwise noted. The Chachalaca: Archives
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Butterflies: If You Let It Grow, They Will Come
What happens when you shrink the lawn? You get butterfliers stopping by to visit!
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Seagrasses Meadows of the Laguna Madre
There’s something almost sacred about hiking through forests. It can evoke the same sort of reverence as walking beneath the vaulted ceilings of ancient cathedrals. Perhaps it is how the stout trunks rise, meshing and weaving canopies together, one tree to the next.
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