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Posted inCommunity Voices

A Slithering Neighbor: Taking It Easy When a Rattler Comes to Call

by Ceal Klingler May 13th, 2014December 16th, 2020

I first noticed the Panamint rattlesnake when her head moved just beneath my feet. I hadn’t stood on her, not yet; I stood on the edge of our concrete doorstep with my bare toes drooping west, pointing to the Sierra Nevada mountains, six inches above the glacial alluvium around our home. The snake—whom I instantly […]

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