"q" is for Quarry
"q" is for Quarry
“The day was clear and sunny. The wind had died down and the desert stretched out in a haze of beige and mauve. Cactus, mesquite, and creosote bushes grew at neatly spaced intervals, as though planted by an arborist. Out there, unseen, the bobcats, foxes, owls, hawks, and coyotes were feeding on the smaller vertebrates. I’d read that jackrabbits constitute half the diet of breeding coyotes, so that when hard times reduce the rabbit population, the coyote population shrinks, as well, thus maintai...ning the balance in nature’s culinary scheme.
We paused briefly on the street and I pointed across the pasture to the shed where we’d found the Mustang. Stacey said, “I wonder why he got himself in such a lather when the car was impounded?”
“Territorial, I guess. You’d do the same in his place.”
“I’m not so sure about that. Sounds like a man who knows more than he’s letting on.”
“Maybe he’s just another cranky old geezer, used to having his way.”
“Nothing wrong with that.”MoreLess
We paused briefly on the street and I pointed across the pasture to the shed where we’d found the Mustang. Stacey said, “I wonder why he got himself in such a lather when the car was impounded?”
“Territorial, I guess. You’d do the same in his place.”
“I’m not so sure about that. Sounds like a man who knows more than he’s letting on.”
“Maybe he’s just another cranky old geezer, used to having his way.”
“Nothing wrong with that.”MoreLess
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