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In a message dated 9/21/2004 3:26:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thanks Ralph.
Birders do seem to be an interesting bunch (flock). That
alone gives credibility to the reference in addition to having you as a
student. Although it's most gacious of you to say so, I
would not agree that Mr. Whiffen gains any credibility from having had me as a
student 30 years ago. I consider myself fortunate to have had him
as a teacher; he was vastly underappreciated, particularly as a result of
his insistence that we memorize and learn to identify buildings by name,
architect, location and date. It just strikes me that this may have been
an outgrowth of birding (which doesn't interest me at all), too. Anyway,
I foudn the mental discipline that memorizing this seemingly useless
information to be very valuable, very likely because I liked the
information. Recently, I started a program here
called Jewellery for Buildings including a walk-about field trip like a
downtown bird walk. Sounds interesting. There are
a lot of buildings that qualify as English Sparrows (visual nuisance).
Have you ever seen the Field Guide to Roadkill. Haven't had
that, uh, pleasure. A real gem because in addition to
the Rorschach-like silhouette patterns of the remains, the text deals
realistically with the ecology of the critter in question and why it was
on the highway at that moment. Maybe someone should write a Field
Guide to Architectural Roadkill. I'm afraid they already
have, and they call them "Lost [Name Your
City]"
Ralph
cp in bc
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