David A. Ek
@ekdavid
Novelist, essayist, & former science manager with the National Park Service. Books include: "Lizard People: Death Valley Underground", "Pedro's Pickles & the American Dream", "Nowhere Bound", and now, "Bisbee and the Haunted". #BookSky
Due to spiking interest, I am resurrecting The Americopa Review (TAR) — A literary blog of the American experience. #BookRecommendations The newest posting, arriving in a couple of days, touches on muskrat love. It will be located at: ekdavidauthor.com/the-americop...
Wiser words cannot be found in the entire English language. I only wish I had written them... #BookSky
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― W.B. Yeats
Earth cracks frequently form in Arizona due to groundwater depletion. As we remove more water from the aquifer than nature replenishes, groundwater levels drop, and the ground subsides. Note: whether on the surface or in the ground, there is no free lunch when it comes to water in deserts.
My newest novel is now available. "Bisbee and the Haunted (Psycho-Mystery 27 on Acid)" is a literary psychological-mystery set in charming Bisbee, Arizona. The paperback edition may be found on Amazon. #BookSky
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” ―Albert Einstein
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." — Isaac Asimov
“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.” ― William Butler Yeats
Bisbee, Arizona, is more than merely the setting for David Ek's new novel; it becomes a presence all its own. "Bisbee and the Haunted (Psycho-Mystery 27 on Acid)." Look, and it will find you... The launch of this interesting & entertaining novel will likely be in May... Mark your mental calendar.
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.” ― Edward Abbey This is a nice quote, but I don't think it applies to many people. It has been my observation that a good many people subconsciously choose comfortable delusions over cruel truths—every time and every day.
“Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?” —Aldo Leopold
Little Tahoma Peak from high on Mount Rainier. Little Tahoma is the major satellite peak of Mount Rainier).
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” —Henry David Thoreau
Which perspective do you prefer for the same snag: the close-up or the broader view?
I like mountain goats, although they aren't a true goat. They are more closely related to the European chamois and the other goat-antelope species in the Himalayas.
I wasn't the one who posted the photo, but the mountain is Mt. Rainier & Little Tahoma Peak (in Mount Rainier National Park), and by the look of it, the photo was taken near the "Sunrise" area, on the mountain's NE side. I posted a couple of my photos from that area for area comparison.
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.” —Henry David Thoreau (“Walking, Atlantic Monthly" June 1862)
“I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian. That I am still able to be here, I owe to a keen eye and a nimble pair of legs. But I know they’ll get me someday.” —Will Rogers
“Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility.” —Aldo Leopold (in: A Sand County Almanac, 1949)
Lizard People: Death Valley Underground by David Ek. “This is a strange and fascinating dive into the desert’s mysteries, where conspiracy, survival, and human frailty collide.” Get your copy today (or tomorrow--or better yet, both)