Our favorite spot for camping and birding is in central Texas in a state park in Hill Country. It is South Llano River State Park, south of Junction, Texas, on I-10. Get barbeque at Lum’s.
The campground is perfect. There are numerous trails out of the campground. We’ve been going for years and haven’t hiked them all.
Many years ago, there were no blackhawks in the Albuquerque bosque. However, now there are a few, including nesting pairs. They are big bold birds with quite a call, heard in this video.
“I just wanted to say to bigots of every stripe, ‘You’re never going to win,’” he says, summarizing his remarks. “It’s never going to get better for you. We’re never going to turn around and say, ‘You know, you’re right.’”
Gasp. Tears. My heart belonged to many bands growing up but World Party was extraordinary. I’m shaken. I wasn’t this sad for Zappa or even LCohen. “The look on their faces was ‘my god this is real!'”
It’s a great obit. (I always thought he was German.) Seek out his/their tunes.
Tangentially, I’m stunned to learn World Party originated “Is It Like Today?” I know that song as performed by Eliza Gilkyson. I prefer her less-pop version. “How could it come to this?” Wheels within wheels: I discovered this song at the end of the finale of The Finder, a quirky tv show you should have seen. The song blew my mind from the start. Sometimes, you don’t know who to thank for what.
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." — Sam Adams