Not only have the belated rains kept them coming; perhaps edible Mycology is meme that has finally come to Magdalena. VLA near highway The day of our hunt, we worked our way down Bear Trap Canyon, which runs south from Monica saddle in the San Mateos to finally emerge in ranchland, on our …
Late Mushrooms
We are going in search of late boletes tomorrow in the San Mateos, But so far this season all we have is this lonely clutch of lobsters from the White Mountains of Arizona from Simon Armijo.These delicious parasites are more consistent from year to year because they are only found above 10,000 feet, and our …
Now THAT is a bookstore!
The El Atenio in Buenos Aires. HT Micah Mattix at Prufrock.
Heinz Meng, 1925 – 2015: RIP
Heinz Meng in the 70s. Dr Heinz Meng of New Paltz NewYork, a long -time professor of Zoology at the State University there and the man who first bred falcons in captivity in the US (Not in the WORLD as many news reports chauvinistically state; Renz Waller bred several in Germany before the war, and …
John Craighead is 100
And he doesn’t look much older than he did when Libby and I attended his and his late twin brother Frank’s 80th birthday party at Moose, Wyoming 20 years ago. (fuzzy photo from invitation) We actually had separate invitations- Libby had babysat the now middle- aged kids of both, and I had long ago written …
Mountain Counts
A range flock of domestic sheep exits the mountains in the southern Wind River Range of western Wyoming. Before the flock begins its slow movement to lower elevations, herders needed a head count. But how do you count thousands of sheep with only two men? It’s fairly simple. Range sheep have strong flocking instincts, and …
The Wild Rumpus
We know well that having a puppy and a new bird may be FUN, but not easy. For Phil and Kerri (and Lane):
Quote: a Preview of Cat’s New Book
“I have been in many countries and there is not a Kangal anywhere. That is why the world will be at war soon. If everyone had my father’s dogs, things would already be settled. In my home . . . the wolves will come for something that is not theirs. The Kangal finishes it all …
A Poem for the New Dogs
Margory Cohen sent this, by the late, great, and much- missed Vicki Hearne: The New Hound Puppy Now it is time for her name – Start the call. The time may comeFor her job, which is to runHoles in the palpable wind Hallowed by world and the worldWill collapse, follow this houndThrough meteoric valleys. Wolf-shag …