I had published this on Jameson Parker’s blog in response to a question and it occurred that it would make an interesting little essay. But some have misunderstood it, so let me give you my conclusions before my reasoning: I don’t think (Golden) eagles are in any way endangered, but I support protection for them. …
Month: April 2015
Nepal Earthquake connection
The disaster in Nepal has taken a personal turn. Jean Louis and Catherine Lassez, long time “semi- native” residents of the old Muleshoe Ranch fifteen miles out of Magdalena, Asia hands, Christmas hosts, originator of the barbecue for the Old Timer’s fiesta queen; artists, art collectors, keepers of as many dogs as us; above all …
Paradigm SHIFTED
… decisively: not the “Cover of the Rolling Stone” as I have been calling it but, of course, that of Scientific American. I thought at first they were a bit late to the party, as it was the late John Ostrom who started the ball rolling with his discovery of Deinonychus, which he reported in …
Rueful truth
Reid attended Tom McGuane’s signing for his new book of short stories, Crow Fair, at the Tattered Cover, where they talked of Helen’s meteoric rise, gun nuts, and the blog– I was pleased to know he sometimes checks in. He was kind enough to send down an inscribed copy via Reid– thanks to both. I …
Truth
Actual headline from this morning’s Wall Street Journal:
Doggage: Tails, Ears, Teeth…
Jutta’s girls Taalai and Nhubia of course…
Useful phrase
From the great Victorian explorer and translator Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: “Lying like a publisher.”
Generic?
Constant commenter Lucas Machais wondered if the cover photo on the new ed of Querencia– the- book, seen below with my other new covers, was “generic”. I am afraid I got more indignant than I should have. We pay attention to the particular here, not the general. I answered that the cover photo “… …
Customs
If you don’t want your overseas package to look like this when you receive it… You probably shouldn’t order bootjacks that look like this all the way from France! Photos courtesy of Gil Stacy.
Quote
From the Cornell Gun Catalog Reprint site: “”A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again…”