“Cold, impossible, ahead / Lifts the mountain's lovely head / Whose white waterfall could bless”

[larryhammer]

Linky said the linker, Linky said the linker, Linky and rethinky and a slinky have begun.

Volcanoes and Patagonia, photos by Francisco Negroni featuring volcano lightning. (via)

Alternatives to Heterosexual Pairings, Brought to You By Non-Human Animals, including white-throated sparrows, which have two strictly endogamous moities and so effectively have four sexes. (via)

Detailed map of medieval trade routes. (via, which has more info)

---L.

Subject quote from Autumn Song, W.H. Auden.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Not to mention the blenny and slipper limpet which change gender as required!

[sovay]

Linky said the linker, Linky said the linker, Linky and rethinky and a slinky have begun.

Yay.

white-throated sparrows, which have two strictly endogamous moities and so effectively have four sexes.

I hope Le Guin knew!

[larryhammer]

Good point about Le Guin! I wonder how we'd find out?

[sovay]

I wonder how we'd find out?

I have no idea! It looks like the original research was done over almost thirty years ending in 2016, so it's not impossible that she did. I just thought at once of the Morning and the Evening.