Coyote

Today I was able to go back out to see my grandparents over the weekend. I thought it would be an opportunity to go back and return to the forest and see if something has changed or discover something new. I was unable to contact my friend Dana so I went in by myself this time, the weather today was cold. It wasn’t cold where you would have to wear a coat but maybe a sweatshirt, I still feel there is something wrong with the weather since a couple days ago it was hot. I arrive around noon I…

One spring morning, Nelly the bear woke up from her hibernation. She was very hungry, so she set out to look for some berries. She knew that there was a beautiful berry patch not so far from her den. On her way there, she ran into her old friends Laurie the fox and Hugo the honey badger. “Well, if it isn’t Laurie and Hugo, my dearest old friends,” she said. “I’m going to get some berries from the old berry patch down by the pond,” said Nelly. “Oh no, Nelly, you can’t go there!” exclaimed…

First deer Phts? The bus stops I hurry off and sprinted to the house. I got inside and got dressed in my camo coat put my boots on and my orange snow mask, my orange vest threw the sling over my shoulder which is connected to my shotgun. “my dad laugh at me he says it too cold the deer won't move.” I said “I had a dream last night and I shot a eight point.” So I get a granola bar and leave to go deer hunting. I have to walk the whole property to get to my stand I finally reach it and start to…

Fighting for change drives the advancement of social issues. If people fight tooth and nail they can make changes. Although, there are people and groups that ultimately hurt a cause then help it. The novel “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver is said to have both feminist and environmental movement ideas and themes. The novel is about the lives of three characters, Deanna, Lusa, and Garnett. Deanna and Lusa both get involved with men in their lives and both are older than them. Although the…

What is identity? A identity is something people must create for themselves, and let no one pick your choices, by Roberto Santiago. Now the real question comes, who am I and what decisions did I pick to end up me and what decisions did my family pick that influence me today? Having been born in the San Fernando Valley, California around May 1997, my parents were born in Zacatecas, Mexico around the early 1950s. Both of my parents grew up being farmers, working long days growing their corps to…

My sister and I fought about something stupid, exactly how we always did, but somehow this argument turned into something more, and we ended up not talking for the rest of the week. She hated me, I knew, and growing up I was proud of the sibling rivalry we had, but these days, I was tired of it. The arguing, the yelling, even the eyerolls I gave her sometimes; it was just something I didn’t want anymore. I’m not even sure how the drift between us happened, but there was a continent the size of…

the negative portrayal and discrimination of Native Americans in Canada. The novel consists of a community of natives as they prepare for the Sun dance with the impact of their daily struggles, three old Indians and the trickster god by the name of Coyote. Green Grass, Running Water discusses the ideas of discrimination and community. King displays these ideas through: Eli and the dam, Alberta and her relationships with men, the Sun dance and the references between GGRW and Benito Cereno.…

Situated in central New Mexico, starting to the South in Tijeras and the Cibola National Forest and ending in the San Marcos/Lone Butte Area, the Turquoise Trail is a scenic and historic area which covers roughly 15,000 square miles, and connects Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The name is derived from the blue-green turquoise precious stone first mined by the early Pueblo people, who lived along the Rio Grande River as far back as 900 A.D. Mining and gold rush, Native American spirituality and…

My art program is for children in second grade. With the grant money that I will be awarded I would have a play writer come visit out classroom. The children would listen to the speaker explain how they came up with the idea of the play and process of writing a play. Then we would go visit a local theater. It is important for the children to see adults use team work and the process of many little jobs coming together and putting on a show. After learning the process of writing a play and the…

Furthermore, common wildflowers in the state include shooting star and white and yellow violets. The state’s fauna includes native mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. The black bear, mule deer, cottontail rabbit, pronghorn antelope, and Bighorn sheep, and coyotes typically trek the Nevada wilderness. A variety of birds such as partridge, pheasant, quail, grouse, Serin, Ortolan, and Wheateater are common to the region. On the list of Nevada’s protected list of reptiles are Gila monster and desert…