Wendy Hawke Lenz, M.D. is a retired physician turned personal essayist and the owner of Hawke Girl Media. She writes short stories and small truths at Between Business Cards. Her essays are also found on Substack and on Medium where she writes for Crow's Feet and The Memoirist. She is currently completing her first novel.

  • A blanket with a hand-made koozie and the Rio Grande river in the background
    Travel & Reflection

    Where the Rio Grande Roams

    It lay coiled on the pavement, soaking in the morning heat after surviving a chilly desert night. The western diamondback knew the land. It wouldn’t lie there long before it slithered to find shade under a gnarled mesquite tree or…