Tag: the natures
Falkland Islands Inhabited 1,000 Years Ago
The people were apparently called the Yaghan, and they “kept foxes as companions.” More precisely, it was the warrah, a.k.a. the Falkland Islands wolf.
Somebody write this novel.
Highly Autumnal Quote of the Week
The moon is coming up behind the aspens. It is as big as a pumpkin and as orange. The winds are cool, the stars are like electric light bulbs. I am just inside the doorway, with my turtle-shell lamp burning so that I can see to write this.
Something is moving beyond the second hemlock. [My hawk] Frightful is very alert, as if there are things moving all around us. Halloween was over at midnight last night, but for us it is just beginning. That’s how I feel, anyhow …
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George, p. 97
Winter
Don’t see the mountains on the horizon yet? … Look closer …
Don’t Throw Your Fossils in the Garbage
“Shark Teeth Found in City of David Baffle Archaeologists“
“[S]omebody in ancient Jerusalem, shortly after the legendary reign of King Solomon, collected mineralized shark dentition from the time of the dinosaurs” … and then threw them in the trash.
An Arizona Bigfoot
So, it turns out that Arizona has its own version of Sasquatch. The Mogollon Monster got my attention because the Mogollon are a tribe that plays a major role in the plot of People of the Silence, helping to bring down the civilization centered in Chaco Canyon. MM, however, does not feature in that book.
Out of Babel Books 