I was looking idly at the cards pinned up on the door and realized how bloggish they are becoming. This corner has David (Never Yet Melted)Zincavage, Rebecca with hawk & dog; Odious— the Victorian Christmas tree at right; and frequent commentor “Johnny UK”– the yellow Lab. And more have come in since…
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Photoblogging: Eagle Nest
Readers who know Edge of the Wild may recall the eagle essay, where I visit the nearest golden eagle eyrie, on “Mount Titty” north of town. Ataika and I went out looking for quail there the other day. No luck, but I got a couple of photos of the old nest, still active. (It is …
Frosting
A storm last Friday left us with a couple more inches of snow and some sparkling frost-covered trees. This didn’t last too long after the sun hit it. You could see where the cottontails had been out early looking for breakfast. Someone’s been chewing on my little aspen. I didn’t see any deer tracks around …
One More Pic
For the bird people: one of Jacob Sewell’s new pigeons, a black- winged gold Archangel. They are among the most colorful of domestic pigeons, irridescent as can hardly be shown in a photo, and their name probably derives from the French ‘arc- en- ciel’: rainbow.
Pictureblogging 2: Partnerships
Blog- friend Cat Urbigkit is a rancher, sheepherder, and dog breeder who runs stock in southwestern Wyoming and writes wonderful children’s books. She recently told me a tale of the rivalry between a young stock- protection dog and a burro with the same job over who would control the sheep, especially five sheep the young …
Pictureblogging 1: Dogs
Some tazi shots: Vladimir’s enormous five- month old Urtak in Virginia, closely related to ours: And the very different year- old Russian “Semirichenski” male Timur– a bit like our Lashyn– playing with him. Good new genes. Lash and Kyran’s gorgeous daughter Nemrah at Monica’s in the East mountains. I hear someone offered John Burchard an …
Surrender Ye Swords
Last month my friend Buddy completed his master’s degree in art history, presenting a thesis on sword making and the weapon’s eventual supplanting by firearms. As these things happen now, a morning radio announcer from Ireland found Buddy’s thesis online and asked him to comment on the recent banning of samurai swords by the UK. …
Homo erectus and Vitamin D
Another very interesting article from John Noble Wilford of the NY Times. Researchers in Turkey have found evidence of tuberculosis in the cranium of a 500,000 year-old Homo erectus fossil. This sets a record by several hundred thousand years for the oldest known evidence for TB – the previous examples were only a few thousand …
Thumbs Up
Bumpersticker observed last night: “Two Opposable Thumbs Up for Evolution!” Wish I’d had my camera!
Two Quick Links
Via Margory: Bill Buford’s excellent New Yorker review of the continuing dilemma we omnivores face is now on line. I have two of the cookbooks and recommend both, especially the Fearnley- Whittingstall. But why on earth does the third cost $130+?? A good Buford quote: “For all the disarray, there is a coherent ideology. It …