“A juniper post can wear out two postholes.” And a juniper-branch fence can last centuries. This one, probably built by Navajo herders, once kept stock from crossing between mesas and lowlands.
Good Fences
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Vocabulary
We wandered the mesa through piñon and juniper, following whatever branch of the old logging roads looked interesting, no idea where we really were. Dan gave us the French word flaner, “to wander around pleasantly with no particular goal.”
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WORLD-BUILDING and WILDERNESS: 