“X” from Housman’s Last Poems (1922) Could man be drunk forever With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.
Month: February 2012
Sad Week
I just got word from Alan Gates that Aralbai has died at just 54.(Photo by Cat)He might have been “The Coolest Man in the World” and was a serious drinking companion, but many people from many countries from here to England to Japan (I may tell that tale later) appreciated him as a guide and …
Night Pictures
These pictures were all taken from the Seal Beach Pier on Sunday night. This tanker was anchored off San Pedro and unlike his fellows, had all his lights ablaze. This is a shot of the docks, cranes and oil facilities at the port of Long Beach. If you look closely at the far right (click …
Hot Links
Tuba theft is rampant in Los Angeles. Knowledgeable people say banda is to blame. Russian scientists in Antartica have drilled a 12,000 ft bore down into a lake that has been sealed off under the ice for 15 to 34 million years. I had heard of the Russian efforts to reach Lake Vostok previously, but …
Big Birthday
Connie and I have just returned from Southern California where we celebrated granddaughter Isabella’s second birthday. A fun time was had by all.
‘Riss & Tavi
Querencia Country Part 3: Mountains
We are nestled into the north end of the Magdalena range, and just a bit east of the parallel, longer, wetter San Mateos. Both stand over 10,000 feet high, giving us a variety of climate unknown in places with less variation in elevation. Though we are in an arid part of the country, interior valleys …
Strange Tri- Hybrids
From reader Roberto Buonfante comes this “natural” domestic pair and their young, in Italy: a Buteo X Buteo (Redtail jamaicensis x Ferruginous regalis) mated to a Harris (Parabuteo–!– unicinctus) and their first of several successful clutches. Seems they might make great hare hawks! Roberto writes: “… the Harris [and] the red/ ferr. were placed in …
Forward
I am going to move a url for the YouTube of me & PD research (we are at the beginning and end for anyone coming for the first time), forward a time or two, both for the sake of the UNM research center and because many have emailed saying they enjoyed the glimpses of me …
Querencia Country Part 2: Town
Casa Q, and just around the corner looking south to the Magdalenas, winter and early, dry summer:… and, looking west, a lurid monsoon sunset in July..All photos within a hundred yards from where I type.