We detected just 1 burrowing owl on-transect, but it is important to reiterate that we avoided walking in areas known by land managers to contain active burrows.

Deje vu. Isn’t that what they called this? This was a barely coherent thought. Liz stared at the display case, wondering why she was reacting like this to an old piece of jewelry.

I gotta admit, Marvin, that's one heck of a carrot, said farmer Joe. In all 50 years of his farming life he had never seen a carrot like that. Marvin felt Joe's jealousy and simply

It was a hard decision but I needed to decide or they would kill Molly. What color from the spectrum would I choose for them to murder? Oh, the repercussions! Would the sky go dark

Why we all suck at state tests: 1) They are way too long. Every state test has at least sixty questions. 2) Way too boring. You start and the next thing you know, you are staring

He proposed and offered me everything I've ever wanted. Security, comfort, never challenged, never worried. I turned him down. I wouldn't want a guy who wants a woman like that.

I like pinapples, but jim here says they remind him of the desert. I told him no, pinapples are from the rainforest and he...

Have you ever seen something so horrific, so abhorrent to nature that your brain had to erase all memory of it after the fact just so you could go on living? Once you hear my story

Dustin could not believe his luck. Having found out that he was named for the song "Dust In The Wind", he had sped off in his mother's car in disgust, just to crash it a block away

Estaba en la playa, el mar tranquilo y azul, navegando un barco pequeñito a lo lejos

I awoke to find myself surrounded by an army of well armed and thoroughly angry Peeps. Left-overs from last years Easter party, I was fairly certain that

Alien abductions are the worst. It's not just the experimentation, severing, stitching, and anal probing. Sure those things really suck and all. But what's with the elevator music

When I was a child,

Near the ancient stone stairs, one of my ancestors had engraved "L15 - A.S." I proceeded with my waning torch. We startled each other, the Eye of Elemental Evil and I. It looked

Don't panic! It could be worse...actually, not really. We're all going to die. Probably in horrible pain. But we're plucky, we're British and we have something they don't. We have

"Not another one!" she screamed. "It's me baby. Don't you remember? We really had

I sat waiting to hear what the teacher would say next... Would it be another boring day of school? One that would last a lifetime and then some. Suddenly, the teacher turned and

When I first saw Maya, she was this little and malnourished girl who ceased to respond to any cuddles or hugs given to her. But strangely, I felt attracted towards her.

Let me begin by declaring that I have not now, had not in the past, and will not in both the near and distant future have conversation with or attempt to collude with anyone from

Crisp leaves crackled as he hovered by. He never touched the ground, but the field repelled everything beneath him. There wouldn't be foot prints, but if you measured the compact