Here is one that will resonate with all writers and editors, courtesy of my agent Bill Bowers: I have a spelling checker,It came on my PC.It plainly marques for my revueMistakes I cannot sea.I’ve run this poem threw it,I’m sure your please to no.Its letter perfect in it’s weigh.My checker tolled me sew.
Author: Steve Bodio
New England Autumn
Annie D’s friend ‘Batwrangler’sent me this haunted image of a New Hampshire buck. Somehow it makes me nostalgic.
Pluvialis is back..
.. from Central Asia. Click here for a pic of her with a Lammergeier– one with a tale of its own.
Around the Web
Carel has a wonderful post on nomenclature up, with perfect visuals as well, of course. Most taxonomy nuts (and Far Side fans) know Gary Larson has a beetle genus named after him. But how about this? “Australian paleontologist Greg Edgecombe has named many trilobites for musicians, including Avalanchurus lennoni, A. starri, Struszia mccartneyi and S. …
A mere taste, and some weather..
Peculiar has blogged our trip to the Manzanos ( go here and scroll up). This post has everything– history, geology, natural history, splendid photos, and humor– a serious “read the whole thing”. Here is a mere taste: And we had our first snow two nights previous. Here is a dawn shot– again a mere taste. …
Colonel Cooper and Wolves
After posting the remembrance of Jeff Cooper below, I decided to dig up our correspondence. I had written him complimenting this essay and recommending the flight of eagle against wolf as one of the ‘great hunts’. He replied on 6 august 2002: “Certainly falconry must be included among the great hunting experiences. The activity, however, …
Two Modes
Posting will likely continue light for a few weeks. I am either doing this: Or this:
Elsewhere on the Web
I can’t COMPLETELY quit referal- blogging! Roseann sent me this hilarious– if ultimately dismaying– story: a party of Forest Service workers demanded evacuation by helicopter because they heard wolves howling! From Matt– ancient giant dromedaries and camel hunters. I find this particularly interesting because I thouught dromedaries to be more “derived” and later than Bactrians. …
A Quick Report
Things have been busy in Querencia- ville. As I promised, we have been going out; hiking, hunting, and gathering, and will be for a while. In between I have been preparing and hustling for a book on eagles and a collection of travel essays– neither sold yet, but hopeful signs on both– and revising a …
Dog Origins
This is in response to Darren’s excellent post on dog origins that Reid comments on below– you might read it first. Some commentors insist on the conventional ” dog = wolf ” formula Darren casts doubt upon, but I think the evidence is with Darren. I have a friend named Vladimir Beregovoy, a retired Russian …