Our dogs talk a lot. That comes with the territory when you live with Australian shepherds, and every one we have had has talked to one degree or another. It’s always been something I enjoy about them. Sadie, our seven year-old female, has used a single, multi-purpose vocalization since she was a very young dog. …
Month: February 2013
Quiet days
We aren’t having much of a winter here in western Wyoming, with not nearly as much snow as we’ve come to expect. While I’m keeping my fingers crossed for major snow storms to hit later on, or a rainy spring, the wildlife sure seem to be benefiting from the mild conditions. These pronghorn antelope appear …
VERY Big Puppy
Tina Garfield is spending some of the winter down on the warmer Texas coast with her Anatolian livestock guardian pup Gunny. Look what difference three months makes! He is the small one above…
Spur Dance; Benefit for the San Augustin Water Coalition
We went to the dance, paid our fee, and logged on to Montana’s laptop to petition Governor Martinez. It was not a time for subtlety; my “letter” was “Don’t STEAL our water!” Matt Middleton, Darryl Pettis, and the bar staff ran a tight show. There were more ranch folks than I had seen in years, …
Arabia Steamboat Museum
… which may be the most unusual museum I have ever seen, not just in KC. The Arabia was a commercial Missouri river two- paddle steamer (its wheels, one restored and running, were 28 feet high, its length 130 feet; despite its topheavy overloaded superstructure it could float in two feet of water when empty, …
Buildings and Food
More marvels of KC: We had hoped to go to a larger museum that features the work of the weird regionalist Thomas Hart Benton, but it was closed both days that we were there. A small modern art museum and the most unique museum I ever seen, based on a single sunken ship were, however, …
Kansas City
I had come to KC to participate in a study of Parkinson’s based on analysis of people who had a certain genetic marker that predisposed them toward it– not sufficient in itself but perhaps necessary. KC was the nearest of the three cities to us, it was on the sleeper train, we had a good …
Train not in vain
The next posts will be on the last few fascinating if tiring days– Amtrak sleeper, a civilized way to ride; Kansas City, a good friend, some med workups, unique museums, BARBECUE; back to the Spur and water battle… Here is my snug little sleeping box, just big enough for my stuff. Pretty good for sleeping …