despite all the ephemeral happiness of my current mood and journaling, i'm certainly not unmindful of the nuclear crisis in japan, along with all of the other ills which have occurred or are occurring. i may be fiddling while rome burns, but i'm not nero...nor anyone with like power to act.

game of venery

oh, i am beyond delighted!

i'm astounded not to have known this before, but it seems that in 1968 james lipton published a book called an exaltation of larks, which has since been revised, including a 1993 edition, the subject of which is the above, along with terms of venery, both historic and of his own invention. i've always ( Read more... )