Entering the Caldera

The bison arrive just after the father walks to the river with his camera and the mother and boy sit and eat snacks on a bench near the car. It seems as if all of sudden the bison are there, sauntering with heads swaying, between the cars and up along the sidewalk.  The mother and…

The Wolf

I have never seen a wolf.   Not in the wild.  My dad did, once.  Up north, as they say, in the Boundary Waters.   We kids were all asleep in the tent when he woke to cook trout caught the night before. And to smoke cigarettes.   Just him and the rocks and an early morning mist. …

La Ruta Maya

The day is hot and dusty when the bus from Cancun drops us.  We get off at the wrong stop and bicker about the mile or so walk we have to get to Tulum. In the midday heat our backpacks feel stone heavy and we quickly languish. I am the first to stick out my…