Condors, Crows, and Thunderbirds, Oh My!

I can hear it before I even open my eyes for the morning. It’s like walking by a stadium; thousands of rowdy voices clamoring together. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I sit up on my knees in bed and peer through the dusty screen out across our cold, grey backyard. In the distance, I…

Sticks & Stones: A Guide to Faerie Houses

Among my many unemployable skillsets is one in particular that I have been doing for a long, long time. Building faerie houses, you might say, has been my life's work. When no one would play with me and hiding in the bathroom every single recess in third grade was no longer an option, I wandered…