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Adventures in Falconry!

By On February 6, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Life, Update

A couple of months ago, I posted about visiting a friend who builds physical worlds — John raises poison dart frogs, homing pigeons, and a bog of carnivorous plants. He also has a peregrine falcon named Luz. On Saturday, he invited us up for an afternoon visit. On the agenda: [...]

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World building

By On August 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Writing, Writing Process

Today we visited a friend who is a naturalist. Well, he’s a professional computer geek, but outside of work, he raises poison dart frogs, homing pigeons, carnivorous plants, hawks, and dogs. He gave us a tour of his home, and when we were looking at the vivariums, he mentioned how much he enjoys world building.

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