The New York Times reports that an exhibit entitled “War Booty” at the Royal Armory in Stockholm (including these two beautiful Polish helmets) has roiled nationalist passions in Scandinavia. The NTY expresses astonishment at this development in “peaceable” Sweden. One should reflect that the histories of Swedes who went viking and terrorized Europe in the …
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Ladies, Be Seated
I just wanted to make sure no one missed this news item about a woman in Wichita who spent two years sitting on the toilet in her boyfriend’s house. As someone once said, you can’t make this stuff up.
Running for Rabbits
I told Steve this might be the quintessential Querencia story. I mean it covers special places, foodways, hunting, paleo-history, culture, more and certainly, worse. It is a story so politically incorrect that it simply has no political context in which to fit. It is a story out of time. From my point of vantage, locked …
Stuff Falconers Like
Have you seen the recent spate of funny (and distinctly un-PC) blogs featuring “Stuff ____ People Like,” where various races and ethnic groups fill in the blanks? 2Blowhards provides a short list here. This got me thinking about a new meme: Stuff Falconers Like. You could tailor it to any pastime I suppose, although I …
Mystery Plant
On his visit last week,Dan showed us these photos of a mysterious plant he photographed in San Diego. I think it is South African but don’t really have the botanical chops to ID it. Readers?
Lots of Links
Busy busy busy– but stuff just keeps coming in. Thanks to all! We had a good visit from Dan and his hounds last week– well, good except for that seat belt ticket. The weather was almost too hot to run dogs, but we have had two snowstorms since! He chronicles it all there, with pics. …
You Can’t See Me
My crew members from Colorado grinned when they saw this camouflaged cell phone tower in Imperial County.
Prehistoric Trails
One of the things I have found fascinating about archaeology here in the Yuha Desert are the prehistoric trails that criss-cross the area. They are quite common and easily distinguishable from trails made by modern vehicles. As with the lithic scatters and pot drops I posted about earlier, it’s astonishing how long things can stay …
Bill
In our younger years, Connie and I spent a fair amount of time around Bill, Wyoming, a bump in the road between Douglas and Gillette. So when the NYT had an article about the place it caught my eye. According to the Times, the business boom there has brought the population all the way up …
That Vienna
Spent a week in Vienna, thankfully away from all those hideous Englishmen (wink wink, just kiddin’ ha ha), saw all manner of good stuff, a Monet to Picasso show that was an education (not to mention awesome and gorgeous and amazingly empty) a Durer exhibition that was sort of religious, a Max Ernst show that …