Timber Press has contracted Amy Martin to write Wild Dallas-Fort Worth: Explore the Amazing Nature of North Texas. The book will cover Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties and will feature over 500 images from area photographers. […]
Amy’s Boho Clothes Closet Sale
Amy’s Boho Clothes Closet Sale Location in East Dallas off Peavy between Lake Highlands and Garland Rd. Cash, Venmo, or Paypal. Porch pick-up available for pre-paid items. WIlling to ship most items for additional fee. […]
DeSoto nature preserve pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Stevie Ray Vaughan Crossing bridge at Windmill Hill Preserve was funded by the late musician’s mother, Martha. The nature preserve became the mission of Paul Dryer, a fellow musician, after a housing development failed. […]
North Texas prairies have new advocate fighting for them
Carly Aulicky is the new North Texas outreach and stewardship director for the Native Prairies Association of Texas. Photo courtesy of Carly Aulicky. Original post at https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/new-outreach-director-arrives-help-north-texas-prairies By Amy Martin Dec. 9, 2021 There’s a new prairie advocate in town. […]
Nature Made Me: Three prairie guys reflect on their roots
Brandon Belcher teaching about prairie restoration at Paul Mathews Prairie near Greenville. Photo by Justin Parker. Original post at https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/nature-made-me-prairie-guys By Amy Martin Oct. 20, 2021 As I compiled my upcoming book Wild DFW by Timber Press over […]
Learning to Live
July 16, 2019: 3 months after surgery x-ray checkup. Bone graft seems to be doing its thing in the fusion of C1, C2 and C3. Another 3 to 6 months of bone-graft nursing to go. […]
Urban storm water poses threat to creeks, rivers
The Tarrant Regional Water District’s Fort Worth campus demonstrates eight major green stormwater mitigation methods, including a bioswale, a raingarden, rainwater cisterns, permeable surfaces and a stormwater wetland. Courtesy of TRWD. By Amy Martin May 25, 2021 […]
Amy & Scooter’s Online Sale
Location in East Dallas off Peavy between Lake Highlands and Garland Rd. Cash, Venmo, or Paypal. Porch pick-up available for pre-paid items. Clothing Silk beaded and sequined dress sheath Vintage silk sheath dress from India […]
The Watershed We Call Home
Photo by Daniel Koglin. by Amy Martin “A river is a river… always changing and always on the move. And over time the river itself changes too. It widens and deepens as it rubs […]
Winter Solstice: The Pause at the Bottom of the Breath
Winter Solstice: The Pause at the Bottom of the Breath by Amy Martin Twenty-nine years ago. Twenty-nine years ago, I looked in, I looked into water so deep it lost light – the transparent clarity […]
John Lennon: 40 Years Later
John Lennon, as pictured in an advertisement for Imagine from Billboard, 18 September 1971. Peter Fordham by Amy Martin Death hurts not the victim but those who remain behind. It is the spaces in […]
North Texas paddling trail receives national designation
Original post at: https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/north-texas-paddling-trail-receives-national-designation By Amy Martin Dec. 2, 2020 The Trinity River binds us. It is the fluid webbing that holds North Texas together. We live in its watershed and every drop of rain […]
