Sometimes it is good, if not a necessity, to have a gun that fits you perfectly, one made specifically for you. As you age you might find you do not shoot like you did in your youth, especially if your reflexes are not what they used to be. Instinctive shooting, ie wingshooting, requires an exact …
Author: Steve Bodio
Raptor Art & Vadim Gorbatov
Tunnicliffe’s unjustly neglected 1930’s image for Williamson’s The Peregrine’s Saga. I wonder if some illos by Gorbatov for the new REF Fidget volume are a homage. VG certainly is familiar with his predecessor’s works– see his Lobo illos. Many are witty elaborations on Seton… A “Lobo”. This batch was done BEFORE he came to NM! …
Writing Life
I love the writer’s life and would not have another, but I sometimes think we are envied by people who would never voluntarily work for what we do or tolerate the uncertainty of our profession– if one can even call it that. Chad at Mallard of Discontent had a tough patch, wrote about it, and …
Official Self Promotion
Blowing my own horn here, as we must once in a while lest the publishers abandon us: Eternity of Eagles is officially out, I have had my first signing at the Tattered Cover in Denver (thanks, Jeff Lee!), and it has its first Amazon review, by Tom McIntyre. Pictures and excerpt below… Tom: “An Eternity …
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One More Preview– Reading, Meals, & TOASTS
Just in from Denver, Reid’s, book signing, meeting with bloggers and more– will begin actual reporting after sleep. But here are some teasers, and a group of friends toasting– Flint’s rules… Anne of the REF and eagle as I lecture; dining out; Reid and Connie’s, with REF and Eric and Neutrino Cannon and Chas and …
Originals
My visual totem is a Japanese Goshawk– see my pistol, buckle, and more. I have seen originals even if I couldn’t hope to own one, though apparently Paddy Leigh Fermor had TWO. Here are some re- views of just a couple of mine and a hint to some though not all of their models…
Heidi Brown, 1999- 2012
George Calef’s great old Labrador Heidi Brown, who was based in Whitehorse in the Yukon but hunted all over North America, has died at thirteen. She probably hunted more species than any other living dog; here are some thoughts from George. “Heidi Brown passed away early this morning in the cabin she loved, and knew …
Self Explanatory
“Rigby .275”, Jonathan Hanson of Constant Apprentice , with a message.
Photo Teasers
Still busy with work & scholarship and fun, not that these are necessarily incompatible or exclusive. A few hints– click to embiggen as always (the details are illuminating). I went into my library to find an accidental still life of several emerging subjects: And here are some artifacts pointing to the fascinating intersection of Fabre, …