Items by Michael Branch — 10 items
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The Range Blog
Rants from the hill: Trapping the bees
What to do when 50,000 honeybees hive up inside the walls of your house
by Michael Branch, May 06, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Feral child
On the triumph of nature over nurture
by Michael Branch, Apr 01, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Chicken pastorale
In which the virtues of country life turn out to be a delicious form of self delusion
by Michael Branch, Feb 04, 2013 -
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Rants from the Hill: A prospect from the singing mountain
How the Ranter rolled into the new year in a dramatic fashion
by Michael Branch, Jan 07, 2013 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Trial by jury
In which a jury of Great Basinians is put on trial
by Michael Branch, Dec 03, 2012 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: My home lake
When the most important thing in a lake is not water
by Michael Branch, Nov 05, 2012 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Harvesting the Desert Shoe Tree
How a tree helped a little girl overcome her love of the Dodgers
by Michael Branch, Oct 01, 2012 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Pleistocene rewilding
Lions and tigers and bears (in Nevada), oh my!
by Michael Branch, Sep 02, 2012 -
The Range Blog
Rants from the Hill: Beauregard puppy
Observations on the cheap virtues of an expensive dog
by Michael Branch, Aug 05, 2012 -
Of balloons, littering and birthday parties
When you're a curmudgeon in Nevada's high desert, you regard deflated, abandoned balloons as an especially vile form of trash – until it's your daughter's birthday party, and she "needs" to airlift some balloons.
by Michael Branch, Aug 05, 2012






