https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5158114987548472&id=100000500665737&sfnsn=mo Arkansas Shit happens but this is in a new league.
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Fundy Falcons
The Eldridge Gos image
Down the Shore
https://www.facebook.com/groups/530186287033641/permalink/4462922057093358 A few piper pix from Facebook down in Cape Breton over post Hurricane Larry surf too good to not post. Right click and open in new tab to see full image.
Peopling of the Americas, etc.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/prehistoric-america-atlantis/619819/ A rather poetic summary of the peopling of the Americas. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-meat-heavy-diets-restricted-hunter-gatherer-population.html Not a surprise but good to know.
Evil Racist Rock Destroyed in Wisconsin
Sent by Kirk Hogan, surely a liberal if the word means anything. Surely this is a joke or an Onion parody. It seems that a large racist rock has been identified, “cancelled” and destroyed at the request of students at the University of Wisconsin. The poor “glacial erratic” had done nothing but it was condemned …
Eldridge Hardie R.I.P.
I did not know Eldridge Hardie well but for years he did superb illustrations of traditional field sports,like bird hunting and fly fishing for many of my friends. I particularly envied the late Datus Proper, a man who died casting flies into Hyalite Creek, and who had a portrait of his beautiful little dark pointer …
Murder or Mercy Killing 3
The Nature Conservancy’s Matt Miller, is one of the most innovative writers around. His book Fishing Through the Apocolypse includes tales of fishing for minnows,. Here he says everything I wanted to say, and more : “I have a similar feelings. My dad, almost 80, has been in disbelief and perhaps mourning. He has read …
Murder or Mercy Killing 2
I have heard only from Tom MacIntyre and Dave Petzal so far but I have been firmly corrected. Not on my central thesis- that something historically important has happened, and nobody is paying attention—- but on the specific and real facts of the matter, which my memory had totally screwed up. What is more, I …
Steve Wright R.I.P.
Steve Wright was my friend, and one of the most contrary people I ever knew. He was born in Georgia, a self – described””Redneck” from a respectable background, a tattooed biker who rode a Harley and dipped snuff. He was also a confirmed Socialist politically (the only other hillbilly socialist I know is the musician …