The Feather Heist
An “analytical diagram” illustrating the various parts of a Jock Scott salmon fly.
George M. Kelson’s The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It (1895)
A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.
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The Problem with Ghosts
The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.
When to Leave
People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave?
In Dog We Trust
Exactly how much are the animals that live in our homes caught up in our everyday family dynamics?
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