Hat Tip

Today’s New York Times
on the Sept. 22 death
of William D. Rogers,
architect of United States
policy on Latin America–

When Rogers died during
a Virginia fox hunt,

“An Episcopal priest was called,
the hounds were collected
and the hunters gathered
for a short service on the spot.

‘One by one, they rode past him
and tipped their hats’….”

Rachel Cobb photo of man returning a crucifix to Huichol village chapel

A man returns a crucifix
to a Huichol village chapel.

Photo by Rachel Cobb
for National Geographic

 “The Eagle soars in
      the summit of Heaven,
The Hunter with his dogs
      pursues his circuit.”

— Opening lines of  
“Choruses from ‘The Rock’,”
Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1934