According to National Geographic (and they should know), mountain goats are not really goats.
They are more properly known as goat-antelopes.
That clears up any confusion.
(This picture is available as wallpaper from the link above.)
Recent Posts
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- Goats in poetry (a false start)
- Three ways to slice a mango
- The soloist
- Mountain goats 'not really goats' shock
- Down from the castle in Prague
- Meet the siblings: Sigmund Adler and Dolfi Freud
- Barmitzvahs of the famous #2
- Bleak House
Actively reading
Blog-related resources
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
Enriched by the short intros to each poem, sometimes critical, provided by Milosz.Isaac Deutscher: The Non-Jewish Jew
This was a great help in kickstarting the escalator post and is worth reading even if you aren't interested in escalators.Louis & Allen Ginsberg: Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son
This collection of letters illustrates superbly the tensions that inhere in two types of reconciliation: the parental desire to judge and protect; and the filial desire to plough one's own furrow while seeking parental approval for the results.
