No one has ever explained this close evolutionary convergence to me; even Jonathan Kingdon thought they looked less alike than they do. Nearctic Meadow “lark”: an icterid ((New Word blackbird), common here and a lovely singer; and African Longclaw, also a bird of savannahs. But HOW? I am sure we will someday figure it out, …
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Another Quote
Courtesy of Carlos, and probably from his library which makes my good one look rather anemic.. [He was] “… subject to a kind of disease, which at that time they called lack of money.” (Rabelais, chapter 16 of Gargantua). Carlos examining interesting books from the family library in his own collection in Laramie; I am …
Schrödinger’s Cat at the Vet’s
Ht. Jonathan Hanson. Update: Mark Farrell- Churchill responded with a corollary joke in the comments, too good not to share: Werner Heisenberg gets pulled over by a traffic cop. Cop walks up to the car and says, “Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Heisenberg responds, “No…, but I can tell …
Neanderthal Jewelry
The more we learn about Neanderthals, the more like us they seem to appear. Researchers examining artifacts in a museum collection from a cave excavation in Croatia have discovered this 130,000 year-old necklace or bracelet made of eagle talons. The excavations at the cave of Krapina were conducted a hundred years ago, and recovered both Neanderthal …
Prodigal Dog
The last week of last month, Connie in I were in California visiting the kids. Connie’s sister Paulette was house sitting/dog sitting for us while we were gone. I have mentioned a number of times before that we have an “invisible fence” system that works pretty effectively to pin them in and lets the dogs roam …
Quote
“… the shot of him crawling down the center line on a remote desert highway (his idea, not mine!) may not send the proper parenting messages. Roads are dangerous, children should be rock climbing instead!” A. Jackson Frishman, on grandson Eli in a review of the year’s photos of the Adventure Kid. Don’t know if …
Pi Day
Eli, Niki, and Pythagoras celebrate Pi Day at Deep Springs.
Doggage
It is spring in Germany and I have been neglecting Jutta’s girls. But the Nhubia (tazi) and Taalai (taigan) show is revving up with spring energy. I THINK Nhubia is eleven or twelve, and I know she is over ten. You would never know it.
People – the- magazine
Chad Love sent a comment that was slighly embarrassed about finding a good review of Helen’s H is for Hawk in People. I replied at such length I thought I might put it up here. Don’t worry, Chad. A few thoughts… 1) When Rage for Falcons came out in 84, I got the usual box …
Eight feet?
The snow around Boston is now deeper than I ever saw it back when. Karen and her dog on the salt marsh near her house. Her driveway and walk have walls well over her head. The dogs are packing up and roaming, as the fences are under the snow. Perhaps she will send more photos …