Archive for June, 2008

The Prairie

Here’s The Prairie, number three in the Audubon series.  It’s an amazing story.  Even more so when you think about what it leaves out.  Killed?  Blinded?  Find out:

 
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On the regular world tip, I think I’ll be doing Racers and Chasers again this weekend. The key for me right now is to find the class with no one else in it.  It’s too much to hope for a Spastic Single-Speed Clydesdale Winger class, so I’ll maybe do the kids ride.  If no kids show up I’m guaranteed PODIUM!

The Great Pine Swamp

Alright, here’s the second of the Audubon Delineations. Only 58 more to go…

 
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I’m exhausted.

Anna’s been out of town for almost a week and I’m ready for her to be back.

If she’s not back soon, it might get more mid-life crisis-y than this (although I’m afeared to think how it could):
single speed warrior

The Ohio (…and we’re back in!)

Sorry to have been so distant.  Things got a bit complicated for a while.  But now they’re settling down.  I know that’s not very “blog” of me, but…

In the meantime, there’s I’ve begun recording chapters of John James Audubon’s Delineations of American Scenery and Character, or Episodes.  These were sprinkled through the first three volumes of the Ornithological Biography, which he begain publishing in 8 volumes in 1831.  The 60 essays are at once amazing and very, very sad.  Even as he was chronicling the New World and it’s creatures, he was waving goodbye.  I thought it might be worth a listen:

 
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