Archive for February, 2008
those same winds/ oh ‘Spring’, where ART thou?
1 Comment Published by hasan February 21st, 2008 in Bahrain, Spring of Culture.The same winds that have been erasing us with the sands they’ve been carrying for the past week have brought me back here: Bahrain.
Two nights ago, those same winds violently jerked me out of some dream or another when they rattled the windows and doors of our house. At four a.m., I thought that […]
I’m about to do the 400-meter march of death (and I really don’t mean to make any references to any inhumane death marches in the history of the world - yikes, I’m beginning to sound like a history student). The 400-meter march is a strip of land between my dormitory and the closest train station, […]
I know that this is a total cop out, but I just find this fascinating. (click here for source)
Birds in general - A flock of birds, a dissimulation of birds, volery of birds
Bitterns - A siege of bitterns, a sedge of bitterns
Chickens - A peep of chickens
Choughs - A chattering of choughs
Coots - A cover […]