One of the news feeds I receive at the office is the Daily Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education; it covers a broad range of issues relating to university administration, faculty development, fundraising, legislative news relating to academia, and the occasional rave or rant about “kids these days.” The related Chronicle Review offers space …
Month: January 2009
Help for Dutch Salmon
Many readers of this blog know Dutch Salmon– longdog man, writer, publisher, and a needed voice on the New Mexico Game commission. He was the man we came to New Mexico to visit thirty years ago, and the man who gave us our first saluki. I owe him more than I can ever repay. Last …
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In the seventies a wild bunch of young writers and other artists went to Key West in search of bonefish, permit, and above all tarpon. Word was that a film was made of their quest but it never surfaced. Now it has. I can’t wait to see it. Not only for the leaping tarpon (I …
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A few “serious” ones first, and then some funny and/or insane… I really like this recycled column from Terrierman Patrick Burns, which I missed the first time around. It is called “Hunting and Fishing Like Adults” and was prompted by a note from regular reader Matt Miller about “canned hunts”. It is a long and …
Cursed Abe
As I wrote yesterday’s post “Honest Abe, clever Abe,” I did it gleefully, knowing it would cause husband Jim to curse when he read it on the blog. His view of Abe is different than mine, thus the cursing. You see, Abe belongs to our son Cass, and he loves Cass dearly. But when it …
Honest Abe, Clever Abe
While the nation is focused on our new president, and since there are so many references being made to Abe Lincoln, it’s a good day to tell you about his namesake who lives in our household. Abe is a bearded collie, our family’s livestock herding dog. He was my son’s first dog, and is about …
Be Very Afraid
Obama’s new “regulatory czar”, Harvard law prof Cass Sunstein, is getting praise from both liberals and conservatives. Maybe he shouldn’t. “In a 2007 speech at Harvard University, Sunstein argued in favor of entirely “eliminating current practices such as … meat eating.” He also proposed: “We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn’t a …
Not sharing
With a new carcass in the neighborhood this morning, area eagles were once again drawn in, and I spent a while hanging out this afternoon, trying to capture the action. There were seven eagles, only two of which were goldens, which flew as soon as I arrived. This juvenile bald stayed around so I got …
Sharing
It’s been really cold here in western Wyoming the last few weeks, with temperatures dropping to -20 to -25 degrees most nights. I tend to hibernate in my pajamas when it’s that cold, putting on my Carhartts and going outside only to drive the feed truck every day, then back to the PJs. Of course …
Local Meet
We went out Saturday to a local falconers’ meet. Early morning was devoted to falcons over ducks in the valley, and late afternoon to Harris hawks and rabbits. But in the late morning it was time for the real fanatics– we who run longdogs with falcons on hares. The coursing ground was a huge block …