Here is one that will resonate with all writers and editors, courtesy of my agent Bill Bowers: I have a spelling checker,It came on my PC.It plainly marques for my revueMistakes I cannot sea.I’ve run this poem threw it,I’m sure your please to no.Its letter perfect in it’s weigh.My checker tolled me sew.
New England Autumn
Annie D’s friend ‘Batwrangler’sent me this haunted image of a New Hampshire buck. Somehow it makes me nostalgic.
Big Bird
The LA Times carries the LA County Natural History Museum’s announcement of the discovery of the largest fossil bird every found. There was no species name listed in the story, but the fossil skull, discovered in Patagonia, is related to an extinct group of birds known as phorusrhacids – “terror birds.” He has been dated …
Vandenberg Launch
One of the interesting things about living here in Santa Barbara is the fact that occasionally you can see satellite launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located about 40 miles northwest of us. The US launches satellites from two facilities: Vandenberg, where the launches go south over the Pacific, generally for payloads with polar orbits; …
Pluvialis is back..
.. from Central Asia. Click here for a pic of her with a Lammergeier– one with a tale of its own.
Andy Rooney, Latter Day Vegetarian
I’m probably in the last generation of people who could pick Andy Rooney out of a line-up; he and my two late grandfathers are WWII contemporaries. I’ve known Rooney’s face and his voice all my life, and I’ve always liked him. How could you not like such a gruff old contrarian, eyebrows and all? Sure, …
Some More on Shamans in Coso Rock Art
I wanted to add some more pictures to the Shamans and Coso Rock Art post below but ran into the usual Blogger content limitations, so I’ll put a little more up in this post. As I mentioned below, it’s theorized that some of the rock art in Little Petroglyph Canyon is there to record what …
Shamans in Coso Rock Art
I have posted about the spectacular rock art at Little Petroglyph Canyon up in Inyo County several times now but have so many interesting images from my visit there last year you’ll be seeing more. This shot shows petroglyphs of several shamans from high on the canyon wall. I had to use a telephoto lens …
Around the Web
Carel has a wonderful post on nomenclature up, with perfect visuals as well, of course. Most taxonomy nuts (and Far Side fans) know Gary Larson has a beetle genus named after him. But how about this? “Australian paleontologist Greg Edgecombe has named many trilobites for musicians, including Avalanchurus lennoni, A. starri, Struszia mccartneyi and S. …
A mere taste, and some weather..
Peculiar has blogged our trip to the Manzanos ( go here and scroll up). This post has everything– history, geology, natural history, splendid photos, and humor– a serious “read the whole thing”. Here is a mere taste: And we had our first snow two nights previous. Here is a dawn shot– again a mere taste. …