Lola, with Pale Male in the back - Sunday January 8, 2006 To some of us they are two creatures that can be easily identified in common field guides and that their phylum, class, order, etc., fits nicely into rows and columns of our own design - and that there exists some sort of finality in the slot where these creatures are logged. I like to believe that there is another kind of observer somewhere out there that did a different type of cataloging of Earth’s living organisms and even its non-living entities. Even if I won’t believe that their method can possess any finality either, still it will be interesting to thumb through their field guide and discover what another type of thinking produces. I would just love to discover the name given to the creature we call ‘Red Tailed Hawk’ and to see which attribute that cataloger felt was more worthy to identify with this beautiful entity. And the chances are that this other cataloger had no reason to be on some slave plantation in Jamaica so that country’s name would be of no importance in any facet of its naming. Maybe if we all read this alternative field guide it may have a sobering effect on who we are and it may help to reduce our arrogance and put a check on the notion that we’re superior to all the obviously more intelligent creatures around us. I eagerly await the publication of such a field guide. Lola. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Somewhere in that mush there is a beautiful little face. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Lola (top) & Pale Male dining together on Sunday evening. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Lola comes down to the ground on a small path leading to The Maintenance Field. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Pale Male seems to be assuring Lola that she'll have her turn at the food shortly. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Baby RTH near Bethesda Fountain. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Robin enjoys the red berries which line the west side of The Great Lawn. - Sunday January 8, 2006 Pale Male sits quietly to digest his meal at the edge of The East Drive across from Cedar Hill. A squirrel uses the opportunity to demonstrate his lack of respect for our beloved friend. - Sunday January 8, 2006 The wreck from the Carriage Horse accident last Monday in which the horse named 'Spotty' died. This is 8th Avenue between 54th & 55th Streets. The police precinct is just around the corner. - Monday January 9, 2006 An unreasonable method for finding freedom... - Monday January 9, 2006 but it's freedom regardless! - Monday January 9, 2006