From the great and funny “Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog” “But the writinge of a booke doth but litel to take awey the dailye necessitees of the clerk of a kinges workes and a husband. Ywis, thogh ther be many volumes on the shelf clad in orange and blak, yet the trasshe taketh ytself nat …
Author: Matt Mullenix
A Taste of Louisiana: After the Hunt Series
For those wanting to catch the falconry / rabbit hunting episode, this just in from LBP: “Louisiana Public Broadcasting will air a preview special on Tuesday, August 10 at 7 p.m., which will repeat on Saturday, August 14 at 3 p.m. The regular series will premiere on Thursday, September 23 at 7 p.m. (Prime Time!) …
After the Hunt
My naturalization as a Louisianan must be near complete. With two local friends and my hawk, Ernie, we recently made an appearance on chef John Folse‘s cooking show, A Taste of Louisiana. The show closed a neat loop for me that began a couple years ago with the publication of my wife’s (one and only) rabbit recipe in Folse’s encyclopedic volume After the Hunt. …
Lordy, Lordy….
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining …
Something Completely Different
Annie Hocker sends this link to a short film about a southeast Texas cattle rancher with a keen eye for what works: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid960594369?bclid=958498245&bctid=1716406566
Helen Alights
Happily, Helen Macdonald (aka Pluvialis) has returned to her blog, giving it a new look and writing a few new posts. Don’t miss this one, on bird art, bird watching and the nature of bird. “…Birds are not always seen as if they were through a telescope and it is important to remember that. Because without the hot …
Summer Camp
Sometime last summer I realized that my daughters, then aged 8, had grown legs long enough to carry them out of reach. This year, the girls will travel farther still, attending their first “away camp,” a full three weeks in the woods in a neighboring state. It’s an experience that will change them, as no doubt my own childhood summer camps changed me. …
The Revolution circa 2010
Whether you’re a neighborhood secessionist masquerading as a home gardener—or the reverse—it’s likely you’ve started this year’s troop review. Three cheers to the Revolution! This year we have a new recruit, an eight-foot bed made this weekend that is slowly transforming the kids’ playground to dual use. This fall some pole beans will be growing up the …
End of the Season
Louisiana’s rabbit season is over. I put my hawk up for the molt this weekend after a hunt with friends in New Orleans East. The place name refers to rural parts of Orleans Parish north of Chalmette and Arabi, two St. Bernard Parish hamlets that border the 9th Ward and spent weeks underwater in 2005. …
The Beast of Baton Rouge
It’s difficult to describe the pride I feel to share this picture with you all. My girls ran to me recently as I parked the car after work: “There’s a dead animal in the ditch. Come see! It’s SO COOL!” Here’s B with with her prize find. Can anyone identify the dead beast? This looks …