To bring William Smith’s revolutionary discoveries as well as the glory of his maps to the wider reading public, The University of Chicago Press has published the first complete presentation of his works in their lavishly illustrated, large format book “Strata; William Smith’s Geological Maps.”
“Let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring / up through the atmosphere, / up where the air is clear! / Oh, let’s go fly a kite!” So – memorably – sang the freshly awakened and amended George Banks, superbly portrayed by David Tomlinson, in Disney’s “Mary Poppins.”
As one who was raised alongside, and whose family drew our livelihood from, the lower Columbia, I have a special place in my heart for Oregon’s rivers. For me, they are channels through which the ecological, spiritual, and economic life blood of my home state flows.
Look at a perched Gyrfalcon; they are pure muscle just waiting to be put into motion. Peregrine Falcons have a dark, brooding look; even in full sunlight they still give the feeling of being partially in shadow. Merlins are compact packages of energy and ferocity; ever on the very verge of flight. American Kestrels are, […]