I am even more pressed than usual. Though I will try to get some content up in the next two days, time is tight; in addition to my needing to rework my current two book proposals once more at the request of publishers– don’t ask!– we leave Wednesday for our first visit to Deep Springs, …
Tag: Random Weirdness
Once and future?
Passenger pigeons at the Denver Museum by Reid. They will be back, here at least. But why do those who would resurrect them plan on using Columba (Bandtail, now) genes for a template for such obvious Zenaida relatives?
Big Changes
They made daughter in law Niki an offer they couldn’t refuse (nor would I have), and she and Jackson and Eli are off to work and live at what may be the most unique college in the US: Deep Springs. Photos by Jackson, zooming in: I will encourage Jack to write something about the place. …
Random Ravens
This picture Daniela sent of her many years ago in Alpaugh with one of Dan Belkin’s ravens promted me to go to Wiki, where I found this pic of a huge species in Ethiopia dining on scraps from a still bigger bird’s dinner. “…. the lozenged tail of the pseudo- phoenix the lambslayer’s water and …
Classic
Lucky John Wilson has been presented with a classic TR3; a late one with the better TR4 engine at that, but with the “wasp- waisted” body that always reminds me of a miniature Jag XK120. Don’t you think so? His expedition to bring it from Ohio to NM was more arduous than planned. He had …
Stealthy Airfoils
I don’t know what else to call this image, sent by John Wilson.
Free Association
I have been kicking a few unrelated (?) things around, having plenty of material but not feeling, with our tough environmental conditions (no water, heat, impending possible rain making it an uncomfortable mix of steamy and dusty) much like writing a long essay. I was rambling freely through these things to L. and suddenly thought: …
Drinkable…. MAUSER?
When I got to the last wrapping of an anonymous package last week, the outline of my last unfulfilled firearm desideratum appeared: the unmistakable profile of a ’96 Mauser “Broomhandle”. Could some anonymous admirer have sent me (illegally, but I wasn’t worried– it had passed inspection) the gun used by Winston Churchill in the “River …
True Biologist Cartoon
Courtesy of John Wilson… double or right click to enlarge.
George Jones: 1933- 2013
A great country singer died today. This photo of him in the 70’s in NYC pre- dates photoshop. Andy Warhol, George, Tom Russell: George Jones, R.I.P.