Via Maggie’s Farm comes this lovely quote from W. S. Merwin’s poem “The River of Bees”: On the door it says what to do to surviveBut we were not born to surviveOnly to live. Pluvi has a good one too– as melancholy but funnier. Check out the photo in her post above that one as …
Letting the cold in
Our Louisiana parish (read “county”) of East Baton Rouge voted Saturday to approve the construction of its third casino resort, this one a 540 acre development to include a 100 room hotel, a river boat gambling venue and a 3,700 space parking lot. All of it will go in about a mile north of this …
New ( to me) blogs
Here are some good ones I have found by looking around in the comments sections of my and other’s blogs. First, Luisa’s GREAT dog blog Lassie Get Help. Luisa is a native Californian who trains Border collies and defends Pit Bulls. Vicki Hearne would have loved her. She also blogs on other subjects dear to …
Pigeon Forum Broodstock
Our little crew of scientists, artists, eccentrics, and breeders is always doing something interesting– crossing, putting in new colors, developing flying traits. As we begin the season here are few of our odd birds. Jake’s Bagdad (I may cross this bird on homers to improve its lost flying ability.) His “Chinese owls”, neither Chinese nor …
Just Pix
Happy old dog: Lily got stairs from the Post Office crew for Christmas. Happy Hawkers (and dog- in- laws): Nate and Cooper’s. Paul and Frieda.
A few more thoughts on dog restrictions
Annie Hocker, Matt, and feminist hunter and gun writer Mary Stange were having an online discussion on the erosion of support for unpopular kinds of hunting like that with hounds. I saved a few of my thoughts as I thought them appropriate for the blog. Mary said (rightfully) that we must mobilize and stand up: …
Bear with me..
Two weeks of agent & publisher hell, slowly receding. Blogging may be light for a bit yet but here are some links, and there will be photoblogging of various creatures later. Nature and science. Carel blogs on an extremely odd, newly discovered snake that apparently has evolved a “lure” on the end of its tail. …
Dog Blog Comment (Spay/Neuter)
My friend Eric forwarded an interesting post by a Canadian dog trainer (not Gregg) who looks to the falconry permitting scheme as a possible answer for the mandatory spay/neuter situation in the dog breeding world. It reads in part: “How come the falconers have learned to control the breeding of falcons without spaying and neutering …
Mardi Gras Gumbo
When you were born elsewhere, raised elsewhere, trained as a world child and a globe trotter, how do you become a native of any one place? How do you finally find a home? In Louisiana, “first you make a roux.” Our local celebrity chef, John Folse, writes about the roux in his new game cookbook, …
Public Comment on Passage Peregrines
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments on a draft environmental assessment for the taking of passage peregrine falcons (fledged juveniles on their first migration) for falconry. The comment period closes on 11 February, so there is still time to put your two cents in if you care to. The issue is …