Advertisement for my lecture in Tucson! RSVP to reserve your seat and any book copies you’d like to purchase for signing. There’s a smell the Sonoran Desert gives off after rain, sharp and resinous. It comes from the creosote bush (scientific name: Larrea tridentata, Zygophyllaceae), a plant people across the Southwest have used for generations in traditional medicine for conditions ranging from colds to wounds and stomach upset. It’s a

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