In the 16th century, a violent storm uprooted an English oak tree to reveal a freak geological anomaly: the only large-scale deposit of solid graphite ever found on Earth. The deposit was located in Borrowdale, a valley in the Lake District. Locals quickly realized the dark substance left remarkably permanent marks, and its discovery completely …
Month: August 2026
Yellowfin Cutthroat
Somewhere in Colorado’s backcountry, biologists are actively searching for a fish everyone assumes is extinct. In 1889, ichthyologist David Starr Jordan documented a massive golden trout at Twin Lakes, Colorado, up to 12 pounds, with a bright yellow stripe down its flanks. He collected seven specimens. Within 15 years, rainbow trout were introduced, the population …
Windswept musk ox, etc
Windswept musk ox carved by Inuk artist Joe Kavik (born 1950) from Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq), Canada. Amusing and it works. Nice piece. A different art form but with cultural affinities. Local Song A throwback to one of my first posts.