The summer cicada sounds can signal a time for emergence
by Celeste González de Bustamante
During the hottest summer months in the Sonoran Desert, the auditory landscape shifts with the arrival of the arthropods known as cicadas. The species that are indigenous to this region live underground for up to five years. Once they have emerged above ground their time is fleeting. Storyteller and University of Arizona School of Journalism professor, Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante reflects on what the lives of the cicadas can teach us about our own existence.
Listen to the audio essay here:
OMG Celeste. This spoke from and to a real Sonoran desert dwellers heart! And you ended with Mercedes Sosa! Made me cry.
Orale! Love the sounds of the desert.