Recently Tom McIntyre asked several of his friends to recommend books for a young woman who had not encountered them in college. My list follows. I once said that in my school the curriculum would be Classics, poetry, history, evolutionary biology, and how to run a chainsaw… Politics and philosophy. Sorta….. John Gray: Straw Dogs, …
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Some posts have been appearing here that are not mine. They are nothing offensive; in fact, one of them may have been an old post of mine from years ago, but they are NOT MINE. Until I get to the bottom of this, treat everything skeptically.
Found Object
While leading a birding trip in Patagonia, John Carlson of Prairie Ice photographed this sign.
New Bird
Beebe, our new 3 year old Harris, at brunch, by Rolf Magener.
Captain Rick Rozen
I just heard that my old (3rd oldest I think) friend Rick Rozen had died, of cancer and bouts of flesh-eating bacteria. Best I can tell he was 70 or 71. I first met Rick when I was 13 and he was 15, freshmen at a Catholic prep school. He had already attained his full …
Some Birds Past
I got a 7/8 Gyrfalcon, 1/8 Saker male falcon from a commercial breeder in Wyoming. He became He became, as most birds raised this way do, a quiet social imprint who loved dogs, and flying on the Henderson ranch. He was doing fine when a rich young ornithologist of my acquaintance insisted on “starting” him …
Once and Future Hawk
I had a couple of these. One of them was afraid of hats. In New Mexico. I fed her off one all summer and she still leaped off the perch every time she saw it. I’m getting one of these. He caught 70 small birds last month (legal, House sparrows). …And one of these I …
Another View of Marccus
This tribute to my late brother Mark was written by my younger sister Anita, who runs an autoimmune disease clinic with a doctor partner (who is also a snake fanatic — but that’s a matter for another time.) While it is frankly sentimental, it is a worthy addition to my bitter portrait — I was …
The Houndsman
If anyone could understand why I missed his memorial yesterday, it would be Dutch Salmon. He led me into many places, most of them good, but he also was a pioneer in dealing as gracefully as anyone can with Parkinson’s disease and its sometimes impossible symptoms and restrictions. I first encountered Dutch Salmon in an …
Stephen Collector
Boulder Photographer Stephen Collector, the Boulder photographer, visited this week to hunt quail and take pictures. The quail hunt, in East Red Canyon, was unsuccessful. I was glad to go out even with the .410. The photographs were more successful. Best of me in a long time Most realistic Tiger Country – Polvadera Mountain