Legends of Lost Nevada
Nevada’s a mysterious place. With conspiracy theories, dark histories and mysteries as far and wide as the Great Basin’s topography itself, there’s plenty out there to let your imagination run wild in the Sagebrush Sea. I still can’t figure some of these stories (and locations) out. I’ll never stop trying.
The Kestrel Caller
I hereby swear on Nevada backroads to never overload your inboxes, ever.
The Kestrel Caller enewsletter will soar into your inboxes about once a month with info about new Song Dog Silver online store updates and upcoming in-person events, the latest story from my blog series Legends of Lost Nevada (where you can read or listen), and sometimes a rare combo of the two.
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Forever chasing backroads, hot water, and that Great Basin State of mind, follow me to the darkest corners of
one of the most misunderstood states in America one wild raptor, great dirt roads drive, and ghost town at a time.
Knowing something is there that you can’t see right away really has become the center of my Nevada intrigue. And the more I think about it, there really is no truer emblem of those sentiments than Nevada Caves. 🌚
And from trying to figure out the largest cluster of natural caves in Nevada from the speleological pros, to connecting with the same guys who wiggled into that waterlogged cave back in ‘82, to realizing the force of this ancient superbeast twice the size of a grizzly bear, to unpacking the Pleistocene timeline and Nevada’s prehistory with paleontologists responsible for excavating the cave then safeguarding its ten thousand year old remains, I realized there are lots of layers to this story. Just about as many as the sediment in which these remarkable ancient fossils were discovered, in fact.
It’s the latest Legend of Lost Nevada, about Lily the Giant Short-Faced Cave Bear, and the team of people who were courageous enough to find, protect, and preserve her place in a world that always seems to be changing. Find it on my site, or whatever streaming service you’re listening to. ✨ #insagebrushwetrust
History and mystery are alive in the most misunderstood state in the West. And it just got a facelift ✨
I write stories about Nevadans, the Great Basin, and where they meet somewhere in a place you’ve probably never heard of. They’re published over on my site. But if you don’t want to read the blogs, they’re available in podcast form on Spotify and now Apple Podcasts, too. Now you can feast your eyes AND ears out any ol’ time you want. ❤️🔥 #insagebrushwetrust
Upspiraling 🌪️
This last lap around the sun felt a lot like one big confusing time puzzle, with way too many projects and never enough hours in the day to actually accomplish them all. But I think I got at least one major piece of it figured out, and all imagined up from an ultra-rural hot spring. It IS where I do some of my best work.
It’s giving lifelong dreams becoming real 🤌🏻 It’s giving Summer 2025 🤌🏻🤌🏻 More details on this beautiful mystery later, but for now I know with certainty more hope bubbles up around year 38 than ever before. LFG ❤️🔥 #InSagebrushWeTrust
Singing to wild burros and sipping Nevada grown whiskey from a pool of hot water is definitely the most Nevada way to celebrate the day I could think of 🌚
Well that, the thrills of talking turquoise, Bob Lazar, Cowboy Poets, Goldfield, and far beyond with @mindthetrack in the name of my favorite holiday, Nevada Day. Listen the pod on Apple Podcasts, or over on my site (🔗 in bio).
Happy 160th you big, beautiful, mysterious place ❤️🔥#findingnevadawild #mindthetrack
Nevada Day marks two whole years of Song Dog Silver and Legends of Lost Nevada. Oh what a feeling! 🌚
Every time one of you makes an order or tells me they actually listened to a story I put together, it feels like the first time. I’ll never be able to articulate the lifetime of owed thank yous for the Great Basin-sized dopamine hit and subtle reminder I’m not just playing with rocks and talking to myself over here so instead, I’m super excited to give a little back to you.
In the name of Nevada on her 160th birthday, like and tag your favorite person to get out into this wild state we love so much. (Must be following to win.) Elko will pick a winner sometime at the end of this week.
In the meantime, you’ve helped me keep my dreams alive. I won’t forget it. ❤️🔥 #findingnevadawild
Ever wonder about how different Nevada might be if all the people who rode through it or got rich here actually stayed?? The good news is, whether it’s the people who realized its potential and laid roots here long ago, those who were only here long enough to get across it, or the folks who’d do anything to see George’s inscription with their own eyes, now more than 170 years later, Nevada is the unmistakable bridge between us. No matter which century we get to be here and the reasons we came and stayed, what a grand adventure, this state ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 #findingnevadawild