fish without faces

P.S. - check out Treeblog's festival of the trees 44 , where this post is linked in the good company of 50 or so others.

I've painted my door with ram's blood and have been hiding out from the flood of confessional new years resolution blog postings, wh...

"It's true," the man said with a melancholy air, his gaze fixed on the flames dancing in the fireplace that winter night; ...

it was the least he could do. the woman had come all this way. flown from John Wayne to Jakarta International. a six hour layover in Aucklan...

It is said that once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a Catholic (according to some, though others said a protestant) who, assailed b...

In the Jungle it is known (or should be known) that there have been an infinity of Christs, B.C. and A.D. Whenever one dies another is immed...

In a far-off country many years ago there lived a Black Sheep. They shot him. A century later, the repentant flock erected an equestrian s...

Sunday, December 24. I said Mass. We set out from the foot of the willow at half past nine in the morning, and halted about two in the after...

"Cattle are very fond of pumpkins; it is pleasant to see what a feast the honest creatures make of them in the barn-yard; they evidentl...

Conrad Gessner Historiae Animalium ( check it out ) 1551 also, for a fabulous little bestiary of creatures--mostly piscine--by Gess...

The Fizzgiggious Fish, who always walked about upon Stilts, because he had no legs. There was an old man in a tree,...

John White c. 1585

"The gnat chasers, which likewise serve other purposes, are called cucurios , and are winged worms, inoffensive, a little smaller than ...

"A certain cacique of the region, Caramatexius by name, was very fond of fishing. Upon one occasion a young fish of the gigantic specie...

In that hemisphere I saw things incompatible with the opinions of philosophers: a white rainbow was twice seen around midnight, not only by ...

Ptolemy and the other geographers believed that the world was spherical and that the other hemisphere was as round as the one in which they ...

I’m trying to come up with anything more American than walking into a Sears, buying a brand-new washer and dryer, and having them delivered ...

situated as I am in the western hemisphere, it was sure nice to see all the AP & Reuters photos of last week's eclipse posted on bo...

I first announced this last month and if it turns out to be even half as much fun* as t he deal last week with the suits , then you won...

for anyone who missed the important meeting this last Saturday, here are a few photos, beginning w/ everyone starting up on Wall Street: sum...