Photo: Cheryl Reynolds
Ahhh the new baby always brings out the best in family and friends. Today this photo ran in the San Francisco Chronicle with a very glowing article by longtime beaver-beat reporter Carolyn Jones. The article has an “alls well that ends well” feeling, and quotes from Skip Lisle and Dave Scola as well. I, of course, wish she had mentioned Worth A Dam or the beaver festival in the article (an article entirely structured around my press release and our half hour interview, including the latin for beaver!) but at least she got the story straight and the details of our very special family in print for all to see. And, most important, it was the first beaver article in history without a single “pun” in the title to indicate that this wasn’t “important news” and the story shouldn’t be taken seriously. You can help us out by “voting” for my comment so that the important things Carolyn forgot to mention get mentioned!
As if that wasn’t enough good news for one morning, my post yesterday about the contest in Lithuania prompted this heroic response from Alex Hiller, our foreign correspondent in Frankfurt Germany.
Thank you for your information about Riga beavers at risk. As a participant of the 5th International Beaver Symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania, the previous year I decided instantly to go to Riga, Latvia, checking on the beaver site and considering proper solutions to keep the beavers. I just got a Lufthansa flight ticket to Riga, Latvia, departing in Frankfurt, Germany on July 21 for a week to be spent over there. Expect online reports and photos as your approved foreign correspondent.
Best Alex
Skip Lisle & Alex Hiller at 5th annual Beaver Symposium in Lithuania
Alex tells me that he’s already hard at work, translating articles and looking up photos. I can’t tell you how pleased and proud we are of your committment Alex! On behalf of the beavers of baltic countries everywhere, THANK YOU!!!
One more act of kindness worth mentioning comes from our good web designer friend Jean Matuska of JM Design. I was beginning to receive ominous error messages when I posted new articles on the website, something dire about a “Fatal error” which terrified me. Jean went searching through her tool kit and figured out the solution, redesigning our memory limits and voila! No more fatalities! Thanks so much Jean! We will leave a smaller data footprint in the future!
If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose,” the Walrus said,
“That they could get it clear?”
“I doubt it,” said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
