Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville A project of Dallas County Open Space in conjunction with the adjacent DISD Environmental Learning Center. Directions, parking, and naturalist nerd links at end. Hiking crew: Lisa Blackford, Valerie Grimes, […]
Women’s March Dallas 2018: Pink Strength
Attending the 2017 Women’s March in Austin was a wild ride. Plans for a Dallas one seemed vague, and the charter buses to Austin were filling up, so off I went to the capitol. But […]
Freaky Feet: Crawford Memorial Park – Jan 6 2018
8700 Elam Rd, Dallas, TX 75217 – southeast Dallas in southern Pleasant Grove near where Elam or Prairie Creek Rd. and US 175, just east of S. Buckner 3 miles east of the Trinity River Audubon […]
Joy to the Circus
Photos: Zan Keith Photography. Slappy and Monday, above; Johnathan Lee Iverson, below. Cirque Joyeux, the latest from the Dallas-based Lone Star Circus, offers up an entertaining holiday show at Dallas Children’s Theater. by Amy Martin […]
2018 Cosmic Calendar
by Amy Martin www.Moonlady.com Many seasonals and New and Full Moons fall on weekends this year, and several holidays coincide with lunar events. . . Full Moon weekends in March, April (Wesak!), July, August, and December […]
Earth, Sky, Fun: Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai
The visual and conceptual weirdness of Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai moves from Fort Worth to Frisco this week. by Amy Martin published Monday, December 18, 2017 Fort Worth — The cosmic union of Earth (a petite yellow […]
North Texas Wild: Mathews Prairie goes into win column for prairie preservationists
By Amy Martin The Native Prairies Association of Texas raised $60,000 this fall to purchase and maintain the 100-acre Mathews Prairie outside of Greenville. Photos courtesy of Amy Martin. Dec. 12, 2017 Every day a few […]
North Texas Wild: Former Dallas rehabber uses care with animal invaders
Squirrels and raccoons are the most common critters to make their way into homes. Photos courtesy of Bonnie Bradshaw. By Amy Martin Dec. 6, 2017 Saving animals is addictive. We rarely are privy to the full impact […]
An American Hippie in Bastogne
by Amy Martin Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground. Mother earth will swallow you; lay your body down. ~ Find the Cost of Freedom, Stephen Stills Looking out from the hill […]
Witch of the French Opera
by Amy Martin The French Quarter breathes with history, an ageless part of New Orleans that never sleeps, never dies. Perhaps that’s why ghosts are there. Ghosts are apparitions of the past, caught in the […]
Green Neighborhoods: Lakewood overflows with green amenities
The Lakewood neighborhood, near Lower Greenville Avenue, features a plethora of retail and recreation that appeals to green-minded folks. Photo courtesy of Lakewood Adaptive Rowing. By Amy Martin Oct. 17, 2017 A pastoral, urban enclave of green […]
