Posted in my hometown, reseña, tagged fauna on September 3, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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The Peterson Field Guides are something of an institution among birdwatchers. ‘Remember that silver Mercedes that slid past you in the passing lane yesterday on the way home? Not too fast, certainly not slow. ‘Just smooth as it gets and all class? (more…)
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Two years ago my family and I moved from Costa Rica to Indianapolis. From one of the world’s great bird paradises to an endless succession of corn field bejeweled with a gray ring road.
Or so we thought. (more…)
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The fact that you’re reading this review indicates that you already know that bats are good guys, not bad guys. ‘Nuff said.
Next thing, you’d probably like to have a bunch (like paper towels at Costco, they only come in quantities) in your yard. OK, then start with this Stokes Guide. (more…)
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Kricher’s Neotropical Companion is not the kind of ‘field-guide-for-dummies’ that many of us depend on to find our way around Central and South America’s flora and fauna. Rather, it’s the next step for people who’ve become familiar with that kind of guide and want to understand at a deeper and occasionally more abstract level why the natural life around them is what it is. (more…)
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It is impossible to exaggerate the satisfaction this book gives to its reader and the power of its deep human sympathy. If you were to read only ten books in your lifetime, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations should be one of them. (more…)
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In the field of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, ‘BHS‘ carries a well-deserved resonance, much like ‘Mercedes’ or ‘Beamer’ does among enthusiasts of quality cars that are within the mainstream. (more…)
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I cringe as I say so, but with this 1989 CD Jaci Velasquez really did burst upon the music scene. I know, I know, people don’t do that anymore. But she did. Really. (more…)
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It is indicative of the visceral spirituality of Ryan Ahlwardt’s music that a southern spiritual (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot) should frame his formidable musical talents on this more than any other of the eight tracks on The Malibu EP, the artist’s second recording (www.RyanSongs.com). (more…)
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How does a forty-something end up utterly enthralled with the Sinatra phenomenon, a matter he knew only by name but to which he had never paid much attention? (more…)
Posted in reseña on September 2, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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When I first noticed in a trailer that Steve Martin was to be cast as the inimitable Inspector Clouseau, I exclaimed ‘But of cooouuuurse!’. (more…)
Canter Bridge 