Bert
Those of your plaintive cries emoting “Enough patriarchy-blaming, already! Show us the dog!” have not fallen on deaf ears. Here is young Bert, now a solid 8 months old, stalking one of the 1672 half-inch cricket frogs that populate the idyllic riparian milieu at El Rancho Deluxe.
As you can see, Bert is dainty, and believes […]
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Friday Bert Report
Published February 17th, 2006 in Varmint Center, El Rancho Deluxe and Easy Persiflage. 29 CommentsI Just Love Babies!
Published February 6th, 2006 in El Rancho Deluxe and Easy Persiflage. 48 CommentsYoung Finn Faster and her aged relative lounging professionally last week at El Rancho Deluxe. Their milliner, Madame Svetlana du Sporte, was unavailable for comment.
In light of my recent declamation on human reproduction, and just so there are no misunderstandings concerning my views on cute, pudgy infants, the fact that I appear to be flipping […]
Natural History
Published August 28th, 2005 in El Rancho Deluxe, Easy Persiflage and Austin. 19 CommentsMy hood. County Road 202, Blanco County, Texas
Saturday morning. I spring from my bed with a glad cry, effect the disappearance without a trace of several cups of espresso, pack the dogs into my old kit bag, and do hie for El Rancho Deluxe, our rural seat in the heart of the picturesque Texas Hill […]
Field Guides: A Feminist Reading
Published May 30th, 2005 in Varmint Center, El Rancho Deluxe and Patriarchy-blaming. 3 CommentsThe female is brown! Male blue-ringed dancer, Argia sedula. Photographed by Twisty in Blanco County, TX May 24, 2005
I reveal no secrets when I confide that science is no bastion of feminist thought. This can be demonstrated in any number of ways, most recently and notoriously by Harvard honcho Larry Summers’ pronouncement on the innate […]
The Slothful Gourmet
Published May 25th, 2005 in El Rancho Deluxe, Morsel Institute, Easy Persiflage and Austin. 0 CommentsOf the many pressing responsibilities visited upon the modern spinster aunt, splashing around in idyllic Hill Country swimming holes with the young relative (and afterwards repairing to a shady grove for a light lunch that was prepared by somebody else) is among the most challenging. Yesterday I was able to complete the aforementioned project in […]
Twisty Mirrored in Lilliputian Frog
Published May 24th, 2005 in Varmint Center, El Rancho Deluxe and Austin. 3 CommentsBlanchard’s Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi, pictured at roughly three times its actual size. Photographed by Twisty in Blanco County, May 2005.
I admit it; I Blame The Patriarchy has been egregiously light on frog content lately. This contingency reflects an unfortunate convergence of disparate and inflexible cosmic forces. For instance, the non-frog-related demands of spinster […]
To Whomever Is Missing Three Burros Near Johnson City
Published May 16th, 2005 in El Rancho Deluxe. 2 CommentsMystery burro #2 (not pictured: mystery burros1 and 3)
I have your burros. Please come and get them, as they are scaring away all the coral snakes. Thank you.
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Zippy scrams right over the dam at El Rancho Deluxe
Our little wedge of the picturesque hill country, El Rancho Deluxe, is one educational laff-riot after another. This month we’re learning all about the extraordinary properties of water. I allude specifically to the remarkable efficiency with which water can decimate an innocent bank account. It was […]
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