The US faces an invasion from another alien species, the Madagascar hissing cockroach. In Rome, the city government is attempting to deal with a starling investation with a team of starling stalkers. Apparently with mixed results. I believe I know some falconers who’d be willing to take on the job for the $187,000 the city …
Author: Reid Farmer
Poem
THE HEAVEN OF ANIMALS Here they are. The soft eyes open.If they have lived in a woodIt is a wood.If they have lived on plainsIt is grass rollingUnder their feet forever. Having no souls, they have come,Anyway, beyond their knowing.Their instincts wholly bloomAnd they rise.The soft eyes open. To match them, the landscape flowers,outdoing, desperatelyOutdoing …
Checking Out the Neighborhood
This fellow decided to amble through the neighborhood at about 9:30 this morning, taking his time and checking out the happenings. He is the boss buck around here, and I’ve been trying to get a clear picture of him for some time. He has evidently already located the “invisible fence” line we have up for …
A Great Moment in Architecture
Smells Like Money
This is utterly trivial, but I saw this image and couldn’t let it go. This is interior decor at Stinkers, a new nightspot in LA (Silver Lake, of course). The article says Stinkers truck stop theme is post-post ironic, which is too sophisticated for me. I think. Click though to the pic of skunks drinking …
Web Miscellany
I’ve often said that making excellent gravy doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Here are some recipes to get you going for next week. “Indian Navy Says It Sank Pirate Ship” doesn’t sound like a 21st century headline, does it? A lawsuit attacking the city of Aurora, CO ban on pitbulls is going to US …
First Snow
We got our first snow of the season last Friday morning – about an inch on here on the high prairie. According to the TV weather people, we were a day or so away from setting a record for the latest first snow. It was a good wet snow, but as is typical was mostly …
Boom Times for Spam
Hormel has two shifts working seven days a week to keep up with demand. Though much maligned, it’s much loved in some places. When Lauren was in school at Santa Barbara City College she had a number of Hawaiian friends who loved the stuff. Loco mocos made with Spam was their favorite dish. I never …
General News
The United States Army today promoted Ann Dunwoody to four star general, the first female in its history to reach that rank. As an item in the “ain’t it a small world” department (got that MDMNM?) General Dunwoody’s older sister Susie and I attended Transportation Officer Basic Course together at Ft. Eustis, VA as 2LT’s …
Picnic
One evening a few days ago, some neigbors decided to have a picnic in our front yard. We weren’t invited.