The best part of being a freelance writer is that I can choose to write about what I find interesting. Like desert life, for example.

It cracks me up when people say they don’t like the desert because it’s so barren. Nothing grows there. Nothing lives there.

Leapin’ lizards, what are they thinking? Lifeforms in the desert are as diverse as they are plentiful. Vibrant colours and camouflage acts and intriguing shapes abound.

Sometimes all it takes is a closer look.

Collared lizard (photo: B. Kopp)

Horned lizard (photo: B. Kopp)

Prickly pear pastels (photo: M. Kopp)

Pallid Milkweed (photo: M. Kopp)

“Wilderness. The word itself is music.”
– Edward Abbey