Vadim acknowledged Seton as an influence before he ever visited us in NM. When a Korean publisher asked him to do a version of Seton’s Lobo, the story of a youthful Seton’s capture of a notorious cattle- killing wolf in late 19th century New Mexico, we sent background images to him in Moscow. He in …
Author: Steve Bodio
Weaselry & Seton &…
Self- perpetuating thread on Twitter & more re weasel tenacity, skulls, more– see here. Ernest Thompson Seton, childhood influence on me & RT Peterson & Gorbatov & more, born in Canada, trapped wolves in NM, had a Leopoldian change of heart, died in Santa Fe. He combined art science & whimsy in ways I miss. …
Riss Intent
Larissa like her mother is sure coyotes should be dealt with summarily. More heart than brains on this one– they are too small, and likely to be ganged up on. I am always relieved when they come back after looking like this on the runout…
Skull Life
“In northern Manitoba a man saw a great bald eagle/ hanging from its neck, teeth locked in skin and feathers, the bleached skull of a weasel.” -Jim Harrison (From A Year’s Changes) For Olivia, Dr Hypercube, Pluvialis…
Scupture- in- progress
What my friend, Albuquerque sculptor and naturalist Sarah Madigan Keenan is making of a Barbary falcon killed many years ago… And another example:
Scribble, Scribble…
Just passed 49,000 words and 232 pages in Book o’ Books, 62 books of the titular 100 plus all the supplemental material done, out of fishing and bird hunting into the big catch- all section, at least two profiles a day… So do not expect TOO much bloggage other than photos, links, or Real News …
Amazon Page
I have one at last, all up- to- date with the new book and all: here!
Jean Craighead George and Jim Marti: RIP
Old friends and heroes are dying faster than I can write about them. Jean Craighead George, author of one of my favorite childhood books*, My Side of the Mountain, and sister to the even better- known conservationists and falconers , the twin brothers Frank and John, died last week at 92. NYT here , Wiki …
Flower, Lizard…
For us, however brown it looks to you, it has been a “wet” green spring. Didn’t see a collared lizard last year but saw TWO on the ruin in an hour. The cooperative one was basking on the Yawheh graffiti rock: Any botanizers out there who can ID this flower? It is not a common …
Ruins 2
As readers may know, we are Forest Service “Guardians” to a little pre and post- Columbian (400- 1700?) pueblo near town. Mostly we just visit and document any changes, whether caused by natural erosion or “intruders” from kangaroo and pack rats to blundering cows and teenaged Navajo partiers. Today we joined FS Archaeologist Matt Basham …