Alright, I had to take this one: A friend of mine is mentioned in Vanity Fair.He’s Steve Hein, Director of the Lamar Q. Ball, Jr., Raptor Center at Georgia Southern University. Steve is a falconer and a wildlife artist, a transplanted West-coaster who flourished in a far away world of barbecue and Brunswick stew and …
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Big News
The Big News that I have been promising has finally arrived. I have just signed a contract with Reaktion Books in England to write a book on Eagles for their Animal Series. For a good example of their books go here for Falcon by Helen Macdonald, our beloved Pluvialis, to whom I owe this opportunity. …
Out and About
Just a few pictures and thoughts from the beginning of the week when the dogs and I were stretching our legs at the Hidden Mesa Open Space just to the west of us. We had two days of cold and snow over the weekend that gave us a White Easter, but Monday was clear and …
Blade Manufacture
A hat-tip to John Derbyshire who linked to this very cool YouTube video of a flint-knapper manufacturing blades from a pyramidal core using a punch technique. This is how artifacts that Steve saw on his trip to Turkey were made that I posted on last year.
Falling in Love with French Antiquities
The NY Times has a very nice piece on archaeologist Randall White of NYU and his research in Paleolithic archaeology in the Perigord area of France. That is the home ground of Cro-Magnon research just down the road from the famous cave art at Lascaux. Though not professionally grounded in the archaeology of the area, …
A Question
It occurred to me to throw out this question to Steve and Matt and any commenters who want to jump in. Do your dogs dream? At least I have always assumed that’s what’s going on. It is pretty common when Maggie is sleeping on her side to hear her making whining noises and/or muted barks …
Crybaby
Worse and worse. “He cried himself to sleep after his Iranian captors likened him to the comedy character Mr Bean.”
Compliment
I’m blushing. John Carlson at Prairie Ice has had some very nice things to say about us. (John was my best man when I married Libby in Bozeman, MT). You should always pay attention to his blog on birds and books and more. He lives an enviable life as a biologist in his (native) home …
Is Nothing Sacred?
Odor- free durians are like non- alcoholic beer or decaf coffee!
Doom, Doom..
From England of course. As the English sailors cash in on their captivity with TV interviews and E- bay sales, the BBC cancels a documentary on the newest recipient of the Victoria Cross. “He’s the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross since two Aussies, Keith Payne and Rayene Stewart Simpson, were honored with the …