Pollan Channels Berry

My cousin Marnie, recalling the chat about sustainability we enjoyed over pricey cappuccino at a seaside resort last summer, sent this recent piece by Michael Pollan. Marnie writes: “Either Michael Pollan is channeling you or you are channeling him, and you’re both channeling Wendell Berry.” Pollan’s piece quotes my hero WB in defense of virtue …

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Art in Action

Artist, falconer and blogger Carel Brest Van Kempen posts a series of fascinating and beautiful short films of his art in the act of creation. Music (I believe) also composed by Carel.

Hawk Poems

Steve’s post below with hawk-infused poetry brought another poem to mind. It’s by one of my favorites, Georgia native David Bottoms, and it appears in the most recent edition of LSU’s famed literary journal, The Southern Review. Enjoy! Old Man and Neighborhood Hawk Vague silhouette, like an ideaforming, then a shiver on the pine branch …

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New material

Regular Q. readers: Just a note to check “below the fold” for some new posts by Steve. I just got around to uploading the pics…

Swan song, etc

Me, ever since I saw my grandpa chop a chicken’s head off (complete with the runnin’ ’round spectacle that followed) one day, and then the next day saw him chop of a rattlesnake’s head (with the follow-up warning that the head was still deadly, for a long time after life itself was gone), I’ve been …

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Two Poems with Hawks in Them

I mean to post more poetry. Two short whole ones here. First, from Colin Simms’ Gyrfalcon Poems, “Hesitates at the Apex” : Hesitates at the apex, hovers wind his acceptanceuntil he topples over the edge of his calculus;stoops as an arrow will fall, the archer lifted to cross,clear, and drop vertical behind their defencesperhaps no …

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.. And: Art of the Week

The “Quote” below reminded me that I had promised an “Art of the Week” post and have been remiss. So, its choice inspired by recent correspondence on woodcock with Doc Hypercube , an exquisite hanging dead snipe watercolor by Thomas Aquinas Daly. These birds were shot by Tom in Colorado, a departure for the artist, …

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Quote of the Week

In Comments in the post “At War with ARistas?” Patrick writes irresistibly: “Aerial shots of the yard show some rubbish, which is not a good thing to be able to see from outer space (I’m just saying). “ I mean, I’m all for Yard Cars in Magdalena, especially as “Yuppie Repellent”, but I hear ya…

A Few Links

I thought James McMurtry’s anthem of dysfunctional but merry Oklahomans was the ultimate redneck tale, but Anne Pearse Hocker sent us this story which outdoes it. Start with the title: “Gator found in burglary suspect’s car”. It then gets better and better. He had been burglarizing his neighbors, stealing a video game control, a hair …

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