Alright, I had to take this one: A friend of mine is mentioned in Vanity Fair.He’s Steve Hein, Director of the Lamar Q. Ball, Jr., Raptor Center at Georgia Southern University. Steve is a falconer and a wildlife artist, a transplanted West-coaster who flourished in a far away world of barbecue and Brunswick stew and …
Author: Matt Mullenix
Matt in the Weeds
I work for a large public University in the American South. It’s easy to learn which, considering I’ve been there ten years, serving most of them as a Web administrator. It’s too hard to hide on the Internet… I’ll have a new job on campus, effective early next month. It’s in large part a press …
Minor miracle
Lest we forget why animals are more amazing than you and me, in general, and why we love to have them around: Witness Kato, my cat since 1986, killer of squirrels, rabbits and birds a plenty; the world’s only (known to me) hawking cat, who followed the hawk and me on numerous hunts in my …
Bio-bloggo-literary diversity
Steve’s post below ticking off the recent wonders from the bloggoshere got me clicking again on Nemo Ramjet. Those who live in this orbit will recognize the name. Ramjet’s new project (unpublished, but–shockingly–available free!) is a wonder. No point in describing it. See for yourself. Between the few of us who write and read at …
Hawk and Dog Photo
Click for larger image… A number of readers commented on this image of Rina (whippet) and Smash (Harris’ hawk). It was taken earlier this year during a hunt in SE Louisiana. The photographer is Sid Seruntine, a friend of the landowner who graciously invited us to hunt his property. In this picture, the hawk and …
Fertility “Rights”
I woke late this morning, failing to “spring forward” per our ludicrous, federally mandated altering of Earth’s rotation. All was dark beyond the window, a month’s progress into the present season erased literally overnight. “Ay, Lord,” might one of Wendell Berry’s creatures say, “It just ain’t natural!” My whippet’s scheduled hysterectomy (today) was no coincidence. …
Book Review
The last Wolf HawkerThe Eagle Falconry of Friedrich Remmler By Martin HollinsheadThe Fernhill Press, 2006109 pages, hardcover, b&w photos Order here Falconers’ debts are hard to repay. We owe our mentors for their good example, and their mentors too, back as far as you can go. We begin to return these gifts by practicing competent …
Working with large animals
I should say “larger animals,” humans being large animals relative to some… just not to these. Reid forwarded this LAT story on a California state review of SeaWorld’s orca show, recently in the news for the near-drowning of a trainer by a whale during a live performance. From the story: The report, released Tuesday, follows …
More Zumbo
My first thought: “I can’t afford to comment here lest Steve lose points by association with the likes of me.” Second thought: “Steve is in no danger of losing credibility in the gun club.” Third thought: “Maybe this Zumbo guy had the same thought?” I don’t hunt with a gun. I own two: both .22s …
New posts
Series of new posts from Steve below. Some of these I’ve had to add photos to (Steve’s connection is positively Magdalenian) so appear out of order. Please scroll down a bit for the first post. Best,Matt