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A Great Egret along Oso Creek. Once nearly hunted to extinction for their elegant plumes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the species has made a significant comeback due to conservation efforts. They can be found throughout most of the United States, with year-round populations especially common along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. MORE PHOTOS
Jennifer Florence "Today Was a High Gravity Day"
Today was a high gravity day -- very high gravity.
If I had to hazard a guess, I would say today's gravity was at least 19.394 m/s2 in most of my house, and a solid 21.0 m/s2 in the immediate vicinity of my couch. READ THE REST
"Black Dime" (M. R. Luxemburg)
Remember when you stung like a bee, leaving your ink all over the kitchen floor and the orchids in the kitchen window never seemed to notice how drab the sun had become over the years? It makes no sense. All languages die in the gap. So, don't speak. READ THE REST
I took this bobcat picture about ten years ago. I also took another bobcat picture at about the same time in the same spot. No sightings since then. A neighbor told me he recently saw one. My guess is that it's the child or grandchild of this one. As per Google AI overview: "Bobcats establish specific, circuitous, and regular travel routes within their territories, which they patrol every 1–3 weeks. They are solitary, territorial hunters that often use established game trails, ridgelines, and sometimes human trails for easier movement, covering 2–7 miles nightly. They also use scent markings along these routes to define their territory." MORE PHOTOS
SUMMER STUNNER
is open for submissions until March 31, 2026.
We're looking for flash fiction and poetry from 1 - 3 pages in length.
Dr. Jim McCutchon "Zombie Revenge"
May 3, 2017
While taking a tour through Pass Christian on my way home from a trip to Biloxi, I stopped at Live Oak Cemetery to see if the gravestone had been placed on my aunt Rebecca’s grave and to just look around. Live Oak is a special cemetery to me. There are so many of my ancestors buried there. READ THE REST
Vaughn Westheimer "CHALK OUTLINE MAN"
Lightning animated the Chalk Outline Man
A work of art born on what had been a sunny day,
And he rose in a swirl, like Dali’s moustache,
A pink-yellow-blue (but mostly blue) pastel frame
Three turkey vultures and two black vultures on a street light near Oso Creek during the recent freeze. I don't recall seeing black vultures very often. As per Google AI summary, "they don't have the superior sense of smell of turkey vultures and follow the turkey vulture to find food" when times are tough. This would seem to explain their appearance during the cold. Maybe they stay when spring comes. MORE PHOTOS.
Patricia Alaniz "Not My Shame"
I became your victim
on the floor.
Hurts to hide,
this pain inside.
ALTERVERSES Sara Etgen-Baker (from Sci-Fi Stir Fry)
What if I've lived the exact present I’m living now before,
doesn't it make sense to think of it as though...
there is another part of me in another universe,
going through the same thing?
Cardinals are widely considered a sign of good luck, hope, and spiritual connection, often seen as messengers from loved ones in heaven, bringing blessings, joy, and vitality, with some traditions suggesting luck within 12 days of sighting one. Their vibrant red color against winter snow also symbolizes hope and the promise of spring. MORE OF MY PHOTOS
Mariah Massengill "To Be, or Used to Be"
This decrepit monster house used to be
a suite of youth and dreams
until momma heard strangers shouting in the attic
and she drowned us in her screams
IN AN ALTERNATIVE WORLD…
By Stefan Sencerz
In an alternative world number 1
when I am about 3 and a half
my father does not buy a fish
whom I befriend during a week
My Mother's Patio by Marley Greiner
I sat on my mother's patio
Drinking tea in the morning
Reading F Scott Fitzgerald
Listening to the clean silence
and the friendly sound of birds
nesting in the trees.
“Bark to Water”Tom Murphy
Ridnow pulls the boom’s quad nanotube cables in with a deft toggle adjustment to cut close haul. The Bevlon kicks in as the spacecraft speeds through the heliosphere.
Not a moment to lose, thinks Ridnow. They spyglass their stellar trail and catch a glimpse of a light beam shifting its direction, then growing brighter. READ THE REST FOR FREE
Mariah Michelle Hinojosa "Isn't it funny"
Isn’t it funny
That poetry
Is just words
We say
The Crested Caracara mates for life. They often return to the same nest to lay eggs and raise the babies. The male shares in child care. They eat both live and dead prey and will often follow vultures to poach their food.
Black-bellied whistling ducks fly over Oso Creek. I don't know where they're going, but they do. They fly with great efficiency and urgency, whistling as they go. They fly in groups. Sometimes, there are stragglers, trailing along behind the others.
Vultures Over Oso Creek.
According to Google Images, the one on the left is a turkey vulture, and the two on the right are black vultures. As per Wikipedia, black vultures follow turkey vultures to food sources and will evidently attack livestock, particularly calves.
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