We’ve just finished the current phase of fieldwork out in the Imperial Valley and I’ll try to do some catch up posts to talk about some of our finds. My apologies for my long pause in posting. We found quite a few groundstone artifacts on our survey. Above you can see a mano (hand stone) …
Seaweed at Monte Verde
The NY Times has a piece today on seaweed quids that have been discovered at a 14,000 year old level at the site of Monte Verde in Chile. Monte Verde is about 50 miles from the coast, so this shows that there was travel to the coast or trade with people who lived there. Tom …
Fast Times
(Update: why tomatoes go quickly once they turn…) Maybe it’s me, swamped at the office and ferrying the kids around to uncounted activities, or maybe it’s life in the warm South, but hasn’t the spring sprung past us in a hurry? My “new” Harris hawk is about a year old; and just two months after …
Pursuits of Happiness
Wicken FenHelen finally came back online Monday with a revealing post in signature Pluvian style. For everyone in search of the naked self—your truest incarnation—and the way to be where it belongs, Helen’s discovery suggests it may not be so far away. Pursuit of happiness is one of our stated missions at Querencia. How many …
Links
Frantically working on a book proposal, but still surfing. Here are a few links for fun and annoyance… I am with the Codger on this one: can’t fault a tame bear for acting like a bear. More fatalistic societies don’t: “When an elephant kills its mahout in Sri Lanka and India, new mahouts clamor to …
News and Views on Meat
A friend recently gave us some antelope tenderloin, shot with a bow in Wyoming last fall. I grilled it last night, along with some venison sausage that my wife added to her catch-all pasta and feta dish. A Meat-lovers Tuesday. Having never grilled this particular critter, I kept it simple: cut to small steaks, let …
Forthcoming..
Many readers seem to have responded to my Amazon Wish List, but only a couple- Lauren’s Colin Simms and Mike’s Joe Brown– have come in yet. Books by mail are notoriously slow, but I shall personally thank each donor as they come in, and review every one. I also have some non- gift reviews coming …
Spring Duck Hunting
Cat Urbigkit provides a splendid sequence of a young Bald eagle taking a shot at a Merganser.
Hare Hawking
Tom McIntyre (his most recent book is here) sent this You Tube of a Saker falcon attempting to catch a hare in Arabia. It is much like we do, except that WE still use salukis to help (ok, Asian tazis) and we don’t chase the hare with the truck! The hare still gets away though– …
Sunday Links
Busy busy busy which is good, but lots of stuff out there as well… The BBC discovers that places with guns are more peaceful and safe than London, though they can’t quite believe it. HT Reid. Relatedly, the Atomic Neds have a pleasant encounter in Los Alamos. I agree- if you have pistols at all …