I picked this up last night and read it straight through. It was hard to put down. It reads like a first class thriller but documents some of the behind the scenes actions of pandemic responders. I had read several Michael Lewis books and found him to be an excellent reporter. I read several pandemic …
Sean Carroll’s Theory of the Everyday
Sean Carroll’s Theory of the Everyday The laws of physics underlying everyday life are, at one level of description, completely known, and can be summarized in a single elegant—if quite complex—equation. No shit, Sean! He goes on to be quite the Debbie Downer. Assuming Carroll’s claim is correct, it has a number of immediate …
Tree Wells
I have fallen into them and it is no fun. A real pit trap. Deer are adept at avoiding them. It takes a lot to trap a moose this way but in Western Newfoundland and Cape Breton sea effect snow can be 10-20 feet a year. It is odd that I never hear about this …
Ripley at Skinners
Ripley at Skinners 50 Ripleys at the 2022 Copley Auction A couple of nice Ripley’s at auction soon. Ripley was based in the Boston area and painted a lot of iconic hunting images in his day. These two were likely studies for more final paintings. Ripley did a lot of that. The top image …
Humans in the Americas for 130,000 years?
Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago The radio program may not play outside Canada. Book Link I heard some of this the othernight. I can’t say I am convinced without a lot more data. There were political agenda overtones in some of it.
Cougar Fever
Eastern Cougar fever You never know what chain reaction will bring a laugh. I asked a friend where he got his firewood last week. He mentioned a guy close by to me but I didn’t know. I asked my brother and he knew him. My brother said he told him, 10-15 years ago, that he …
Humiliation
I was walking through town today to my 3rd covid shot and saw a dog walker across the street. A woman had a small greyhound in a heavy bright hunter orange body coat. I mean bright. It made me think of this. The dog would have been better served by protection from the sidewalk salt.
Jackdaw
Jackdaws are small corvids. Jackdaw Recital by Schoolkids Robert MacFarlane reading Jackdaw
Euro Lions, Greek ones
Euro Lions
Window Bird Tape
Window Bird Tape News Clip A big problem but it needs a cheaper solution. I have a window that has killed unknown numbers of birds. I didn’t know it was happenng because I never spent time in the room until recently. Early in the morning is when it happens.