http://gradsgate.com//xlt.php While here in South Africa we have been wondering how to name the things we see here, in Latin; and one of the difficulties has been cheetah. We did not know, offhand, the Latin for cheetah. The scientific name, right now, is acinonyx, from the Greek: onyx is nail or claw, -kin- is move or […]
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Meditations on the Leo-pardus.
07-Jul-15The Appian Way, by Bob Kaster.
28-Jun-12http://wendykeithdesigns.co.uk/wp-admin/css/index.php Robert Kaster’s The Appian Way, Ghost Road, Queen of Roads was my companion for a day here in the woods, in between spurts of gardening and writing. The book is short – 120 pages – and generally delightful. It consists of some scattered historical anecdotes and observations coupled with a few bursts of travel writing. […]