A Sportsman’s Library is out, available on Amazon and soon in bookstores. Buy many and often!
Author: Steve Bodio
KIngdonia, old and New
Jonathan Kingdon’s magnum opus is coming. Here are a few images of JK and his past work:
Separated at Birth?
The Magdalena Owlman by Nina McCabe, and Edward Gorey’s Doubtful Guest…
The Crazy Cat Lobby
I have known environmental gadfly Ted Williams for well over 30 years, since Gray’s Sporting Journal was based in Brookline Mass. Ted was and is tough, sardonic, and not one to mince words– he was has never been inclined to cut anybody any slack, even friends. I am by no means in agreement with him …
Pungent quote…
From John Scalzi , (who is quite successful); ht Peculiar. “….But, these publishers and their defenders may say (and have said), the publisher takes all the risk in producing a book! Yeah? Hey, to publishers and their defenders who say that: Fuck you. Fuck you for asserting that the author has shouldered no risk, when …
Say it again, John
Dr John Burchard on “Oriental sighthounds” (and breeds in general): “I think we have to remember that the breed subdivisions within the “oriental sighthound” group are to some considerable extent a Western artifact which does not accurately reflect the reality on the ground. On the ground there are several regional populations, each with a considerable …
Quote
…a step ahead of the banker, a moment behind convention, putting off heaven and hell as long as possible. –from Blood Writing, by Sean Sexton UPDATE: The poet sends his picture, in his Querencia, and a painting. I’d love to see that place. Meanwhile, get his book!
Another Magdalena Tale
From John Wilson: “We got out to B. W. Cox’s sawmill. I had a chance to chat with Mr. Cox (he did not like being called Mr. Cox). What an interesting guy. “The two guys working the mill were filled with interesting information as well. Guillermo has been around here for over thirty years. Javier …
How to Wrap Pigeons
From Bletchley Park and Bruce Douglas: How to Wrap Carrier Pigeons for Dropping from Aircraft:
Saint Patrick’s Day, Golden Spur
The Usual Suspects, in full Western- Irish- Rock & Country party mode. I have known John Paul Jones Apachito, aka Paul Jones and PJ, for thirty years, and never known he was Irish– maybe Mongolian, certainly Alamo Navajo, but not Irish. But then the handsome young cowboy with Libby, our handyman of all trades Tyler …