Word: otters
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...Otters! Is there anything in nature so ridiculously content? Not enough that they wear leather sleeves; they are their own dining rooms. From the shore I watch a few of them do the backstroke while cracking clams open on their chests. They wrap themselves in leaves so as not to drift away while sleeping. First Russians, then Americans killed them for their fur, and they became almost extinct by the early 1900s. Declared endangered, they now number more than 2,000 along California's central coast. Earle tells me she once saw an otter opening clams with a Coke bottle...
...Anne Sofie von Otter Schubert: Lieder (Deutsche Grammophon) The cool radiance of Von Otter's mezzo-soprano voice lights up this cannily chosen, passionately sung program of 18 Schubert songs, stylishly accompanied by pianist Bengt Forsberg. Some are obscure, some ultrafamiliar, but either way they are irresistible; even the age-old Ave Maria sounds brand...
Fleming, 38, is not the only contemporary classical singer to upend those stereotypes--Dawn Upshaw and Anne Sofie von Otter are also known for being good colleagues, devoted mothers and accomplished pop singers--but she may be the first to combine postfeminist independence with old-fashioned glamour. In person, Fleming comes across as cheerful and unassuming; onstage, she is one of the most vividly expressive personalities ever to take an opera-house curtain call. Appearing this fall in the Met's production of Manon, she bewitched audiences and critics alike with her compelling portrayal of the title character, a teenage...
...Colorado River. Aware of the jostling horde of tourists on the overcrowded South Rim of the canyon, she traveled to the less popular main overlook at the North Rim. But while she stood there, her ears were assaulted by the drone of two sightseeing Cessnas and a Twin Otter, plus the clatter of four helicopters--all of which flew by within a few minutes. "With such an incredible view," she complained, "you'd expect some solitude...
...shingles. In addition to the now legendary alligators, there were cows, beagles, macaws, raccoons, goats, geese, ponies, pigs and skunks (not descented), all welcome members of the famously unorthodox Reno household. "Daddy would come out of the bathroom and say, 'Would somebody get this' -- and you can interject pelican, otter, & boa constrictor -- 'out of here so I can take a bath,' " explains Maggy Reno Hurchalla, Janet's sister, a county commissioner in central Florida...