Trot trot covalotte Sous les pierres Jou [not right, but close] des mottes Buon Pung, buon ving Something, something , ( and no, Dad , Karen , it wasn’t ‘Fart on the tackle!’); covaling! I will give you this much: it i s a trotting rhyme: you bounce your kid on your knee to its …
Month: April 2022
Jumping Jags
I saw a video on Facebook that appears gone now. I looked to see if the same thing was on Youtube and this looks to be the same one.
Glacial Erratic with Nest.
The Shakespearean Tall Tale That Shaped How We See Starlings
Starlings The New York Times has a piece on starlings in North America and whether Shakespeare had anything to do with it.
Borzoi heads by Maud Earl (1900)
Borzoi heads by Maud Earl (1900) Very stylish gazehounds. I don’t remember seeing it before.
Donner Party and Nazis
I never saw this before. It struck me how a tangential thing like this makes the perception of the event less of a myth.
Ancient footprints in New Mexico
The transcript. I was made aware of this and ignored it. There is only so much you can look at it. I didn’t think there was much new but it is noteworthy for the dates given. It suggests humans were here 23,000 years ago. That is a significant change from the accepted.
Eagles, Parkinson’s, Cthulhu
at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was also sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The charges arose from the …
A Ramble Through Some Obscure Influences
Everyone who reads this is likely to know my debts to classic writers on travel and sport. ( Those who don’t could do worse than to read my book The Sportsman’s Library or my (eventually!) forthcoming With Trees…) But here I would like to acknowledge a couple of writers from the worlds of genre, and …
Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States
Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States WesternMigrations.net There looks to be a ton of info under this. It is good to see some progress being made. I am reminded of when I saw the herds of deer headed through the Oldman corridor in Alberta this time of year.