Craig Childs has an extended meditation in the LA Times on the significance of the Chaco Canyon find I posted about earlier in the week. Childs’ popular book on the Anasazi, House of Rain, is well worth the read. And while you’re at it, go take a look at Peculiar’s very cool picture of a …
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Web Miscellany
Nanny state alert: New York City declares war on salt. Great pictures of nanodreadlocks and fossil poop in case you missed them. And that’s not just any fossil poop, that’s moa poop! A fascinating piece in the WaPo – 30 years ago a fellow bought (for a song!) an antique cabinet that turns out to …
Camouflage
I just wanted to direct you over to an interesting post by Chas on Cubism and the origins of modern military camouflage.
New Year’s Hawking
I want to thank Isaac Nichols, my neighbor and proprietor of Another Falconry Blog, and his colleagues of the Colorado Hawking Club for letting Connie and me come along with them on New Year’s Day. Though I’ve been hanging out with this crowd for the last three years or so, this was my first time …
Feeder Friend
Pygmy nuthatch. We’ve had a pair hanging around the last week or so. Some mountain chickadees have just showed back up as well.
We Must Have Come to the Right Place
USA Today reports on a public opinion poll that finds almost half of all Americans would rather be living somewhere else. The most popular pick of where they would like to move – Denver. I don’t know if this is good news.
Cacao in Chaco
Archaeologists spend lots of time studying (or trying to study) prehistoric trade. One of the first things we do when assessing the artifacts from a site is to try to identify the “exotic” materials that must have been traded in or carried in from out of the area. We are operating under a sizable handicap …
Feeder Friend
It’s taken me a while to get a half-decent shot of this white-breasted nuthatch, who’s a rather skittish fellow.
This is Art
We were all intrigued by this image that accompanied a NYT travel piece raving about current art exhibits in London and what a bargain it is to travel there. This installation at the Saatchi Gallery entitled “Love it! Bite it!” is made entirely of dog chews. As Steve said in an e-mail: “I have this …
Goose Weather
The weather here has broken much colder, it was -19 F here last night, and is finally sending waterfowl down into this region. This picture understates the population of this pond, as I was so late getting in to it that most of the over-nighters were already on their way out to feed. This area …