Christina Nealson sends this grim item from salon about the state of mainstream publishing. “…On Dec. 3, now known as “Black Wednesday,” several major American publishers were dramatically downsized, leaving many celebrated editors and their colleagues jobless. The bad news stretches from the unemployment line to bookstores to literature itself. “It’s going to be very …
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Jurassic Males?
Carl Zimmer has a fascinating item on the ever- more- blurry line between birds and non- avian Dinosaurs. It seems the Paleognathes– the bird group commonly known as ratites, composed of the big flightless birds like Ostriches and the odd related but flying South American group known as Tinamous– have retained the brooding habits of …
Food links and catching up…
A few catchup things before New Year’s blogging commences… First, a food manifesto I can get behind, at least as an ideal. But foraging can be dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing– if you are not conscientious or at least CONSCIOUS. Here is a harrowing first- person account by someone who ate …
New Year’s Pic
Last New Year’s at Lee Henderson’s ranch– me with hounds. May your new year be bright.
Happy New Year! (With Eagles)
Blogging will resume at a better level in 2009; in particular, a lot of books to review stacked up to the right of the box, and two holiday meals (Christmas’s bigos, a Polish stew with game and sauerkraut, and today’s cassoulet– still in assembly) to document. To amuse meanwhile: Andrey Kovalenko in Kazakhstan linked me …
Merry (belated) Christmas, etc.
We are generally opposed to political correct-ness and euphemism here, but I am sympathetic to the notion that Christmas is not for everyone. So: “Happy Holidays,” y’all.
Feeder Friend
It’s taken me a while to get a half-decent shot of this white-breasted nuthatch, who’s a rather skittish fellow.
This is Art
We were all intrigued by this image that accompanied a NYT travel piece raving about current art exhibits in London and what a bargain it is to travel there. This installation at the Saatchi Gallery entitled “Love it! Bite it!” is made entirely of dog chews. As Steve said in an e-mail: “I have this …
Blogs
We are way behind on our Blogroll but here are some more you should check out. I first noticed Field Notes from this post on Annie Proulx but it is a consistently good read if you want to keep up on intelligent hunting. A team? Raised by Wolves: strong and informed commentary by a dog …
Around the Web…
Understated good taste is timeless. HT Tom McIntyre. “It is a well known fact..” That the Virgin Mary was fond of spinach? That being eaten by hyenas doesn’t hurt as much as you think? George Leonard Herter makes the NYT. I am still looking for some titles… Detroit gives a new meaning to rewilding. HT …