The Atomic Nerds have given us a Superior Scribbler award. We are touched and honored. LabRat said of us, in part: “A fascinating variety of experience, and if they have a common thread it’s rampant individualism and a curiosity in and respect for nature and those who live with it, as opposed to those who …
Chas, at his Hardscrabble Creek Blog, has tagged me with the “Thinking Blogger” meme. Ouch! I read many (too many) blogs and have many friends among them. I don’t know that all make me THINK in the sense of change my perception– some just delight me– but some do. More than five though… Chas himself …
The Alpha Environmentalist sent this pic of his crazy South African friend Neels and his tame seven-foot black mamba, teaching a ranger course. Somehow, the “No Smoking” sign is hilarious in this context. Jonathan adds: “You could mention that he was bitten by a mamba on an episode of Mark O’Shea’s Big Adventure, and nearly …
I have been wanting to do a long discussion about the excellent and idiosyncratic Oklahoma- and Poland based anthropological blogger Stephen Browne, who posts at Rants and Raves. I do not have time to do him justice right now, but I encourage you to read him. For a sampler of his innovative thinking, try this …
(Which is a term I more or less made up just now). I love art, especially sculpture, that includes or references natural objects without exactly mimicking them. Our friend the zoologist and artist Jonathan Kingdon . has done some such work; another friend, local artist Yvonne Magener– I’ll try to get some of hers up …
Despite the fact that I am still on the “Model T ” iMac and its incredibly slow speed, I thought I had best jump back in before the world passes me by! I have a bunch of purely bloggish referrals i have collected in the past week, even a few which have gotten past the …
.. or, Good Things from Britain #5. Andrew Stuttaford of NRO sent me to this hilarious and touching site with these words: “Here’s one American’s gesture in the wake of the horror in London. It’s oddly moving, very nostalgic, rather nice, and a terrific read, but, not for people troubled by the f word”. You’ve …
Sir Terence Clark, a fellow tazi-saluki fanatic, just sent me a link to an exhibition of photographs by the late explorer Wilfred Thesiger. He wanted me to see this photo of a peregrine in the Emirates before World War II. The whole gallery is worth exploring, offering glimpses into not just one byt many lost …