Everything wolves!
April 5, 2013 8:48 AM Subscribe
I have a medium level, long term obsession/fascination with wolves. Probably since reading Call of the Wild and White Fang as a young girl. Now I want to be inundated with everything wolf. I'm not sure exactly what feeds this curiosity so there aren't really any limits.
To date I currently own a wolf chain - it's in a howling position!! I would like a wolf ring and other jewelry. I also have 3 wolf t-shirts. Yep, those t-shirts. The sizing is off though so if there are any in smaller sizes I would greatly appreciate that. Are there any home items that you can recommend? A light switch plate? I'm even open to art. I don't want anything cutesy though. Small touches. And of course books and short stories.
We're planning to go to the Lakota Wolf Preserve in a month or so. I generally don't like zoo's (zoos?), or safaris and I'm hoping that this place doesn't give me the same icky feeling. Have you been? What was the experience like?
Thank you thank you!
There are a lot of switch-plates and the like out there, but a lot of them come from hokey cowboy catalogs. One can get, e.g., a nice wolf print necklace from a wolf rescue group; I'd look at the offerings of the Defenders of Wildlife (photo credit card!) and other environmental orgs for other possibilities.
posted by acm at 8:57 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by acm at 8:57 AM on April 5, 2013
If you want a ton of stuff with wolves on it, just type "wolf" into etsy.
posted by steinwald at 8:58 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by steinwald at 8:58 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
Not a decoration but this song: Wolves by Josh Ritter is pretty awesome.
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:58 AM on April 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by dawkins_7 at 8:58 AM on April 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
Lone wolf by Jodi picoult is fiction but goes into great detail about wolves. But, it's Jodi picoult so ymmv.
There's lots of wolf stuff on the Bradford exchange.
posted by dpx.mfx at 9:03 AM on April 5, 2013
There's lots of wolf stuff on the Bradford exchange.
posted by dpx.mfx at 9:03 AM on April 5, 2013
I got this wolf ring for my best friend for his birthday in December, he loves it and it fits really well.
posted by snowysoul at 9:03 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by snowysoul at 9:03 AM on April 5, 2013
In a slightly different direction, I remember the books of David Mech had beautiful photos and wonderfully descriptive text.
posted by Hactar at 9:06 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Hactar at 9:06 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
Fairly obscure old fiction book, but it does have a wolf theme - Shasta of the Wolves. It's been described as sort of like Kipling's The Jungle Book, but for an older audience.
posted by gudrun at 9:06 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by gudrun at 9:06 AM on April 5, 2013
I have an otter ring from this Etsy shop that is really awesome; maybe you'd like their wolf items, too?
posted by DingoMutt at 9:08 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by DingoMutt at 9:08 AM on April 5, 2013
Are you aware of these folks? They do a lot of good! And you can even "adopt" a wolf!
posted by Hanuman1960 at 9:11 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by Hanuman1960 at 9:11 AM on April 5, 2013
You could come check out the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN. Their shop is full of wolf stuff, and it goes to a good cause - supporting wolves! If you go there, the Center is full of people that will talk about wolves with you for weeks if you want. It's pretty awesome!
posted by Elly Vortex at 9:17 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Elly Vortex at 9:17 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
A book was pretty popular in the UK a few years ago: The Tenderness of Wolves. There is also the My Latest Novel song, When We Were Wolves.
Also - and I hesitate to suggest this - furries are big into wolves. You might find stores which cater for them online.
posted by mippy at 9:38 AM on April 5, 2013
Also - and I hesitate to suggest this - furries are big into wolves. You might find stores which cater for them online.
posted by mippy at 9:38 AM on April 5, 2013
A friend in high school used "wolf" in place of "awesome" or "excellent" or a really solid "yeah."
posted by 3FLryan at 10:15 AM on April 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by 3FLryan at 10:15 AM on April 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
The ninemile wolves by Rick bass is a fantastic book about a wolf pack he followed for a few years. Sorry I'm on a phone so no link.
posted by ruhroh at 10:44 AM on April 5, 2013
posted by ruhroh at 10:44 AM on April 5, 2013
Probably way off track for your question, but bringing a Siberian Husky into your life feels a lot like living with a wolf.
posted by HuronBob at 11:01 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 11:01 AM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
We have been to the Lakota Wolf Preserve! It was really quite impressive. We camped at the adjacent family campground and that was kind of crowded & kitschy in a KOA campground kind of way, but there's a nice wooded buffer between the campground and the edge of the preserve, just long enough of a walk that most people can't be bothered, but not long enough to be considered a hike. So the wolves and their caretakers are separate from people.
It's not the wilderness by any stretch. If you can see wolves on a planned, scheduled, weekend trip, you're not seeing them in their natural habitat, so if you expect that you will be disappointed. But they are wild, and it's not like they're doing tricks on command. Their caregivers respect them. They do a lot of outreach and education so it's not disappointing at all if you're looking at the big picture.
We went there when my son was 9 and he had just read Call of the Wild. After he "met" a few of the wolves we went back on their website where you can choose which wolf you want to sponsor for a year. They also had a random assortment of rescued predator birds & other animals there when we were there.
The hiking in that area was amazing too.
posted by headnsouth at 11:06 AM on April 5, 2013
It's not the wilderness by any stretch. If you can see wolves on a planned, scheduled, weekend trip, you're not seeing them in their natural habitat, so if you expect that you will be disappointed. But they are wild, and it's not like they're doing tricks on command. Their caregivers respect them. They do a lot of outreach and education so it's not disappointing at all if you're looking at the big picture.
We went there when my son was 9 and he had just read Call of the Wild. After he "met" a few of the wolves we went back on their website where you can choose which wolf you want to sponsor for a year. They also had a random assortment of rescued predator birds & other animals there when we were there.
The hiking in that area was amazing too.
posted by headnsouth at 11:06 AM on April 5, 2013
You could read up on the famous wolves and moose on Isle Royale in Michigan.
posted by that's how you get ants at 4:45 PM on April 5, 2013
posted by that's how you get ants at 4:45 PM on April 5, 2013
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zoo's (zoos?) - Zoos. It's a plural, not a possessive. You can say, "Is this the zoo's wolf?", which is not the same as "Many zoos have wolves."
posted by rtha at 8:55 AM on April 5, 2013 [2 favorites]