Off for Texas, but we are getting lots of queries. Try to catch the news clip of James Mansell: “I saw a big funnel cloud come down from the sky and a big twister bust out of the earth…” (Google KOB Socorro county tornado). Photo from Greg Vivian at the Rodeo.
Author: Steve Bodio
Just a few links
(I have a million but) Neutrino Cannon links to an unusually clear video of what tumbling pigeons do. He is also the only blogger of my acquaintance to note the passing at 83 of the man who invented hard rock– in 1958!– Link Wray, the man whose “Rumble” was the only instrumental ever banned on …
Adventure dogs
From Shiri: Tazi Tavi Lane Bellman’s taigan Rustam
Adventure Eli!
First river trip!
(Slightly rushed) news on the run and…
I have been rushing to finish 35,000 words on the Book of Books (rough halfway point); just got them in and am delighted to report that my editor approves! (Especially as I had decided to do it MY way and was therefore a little nervous). Also fighting stress- exacerbated PD and bouts of gout. I …
A quote…
One you could only get from Dr.John Burchard. A friend on our Asia canine list mentioned letting salukis sleep in the bed, as even Arabs once did a generation ago, when salukis were not dogs. “If the bed is big,”, she asked, “why not? They make such good sleeping companions.” He replied: “That’s what we …
Cherkassov from Vladimir
Vladimir Beregovoy now has copies of his translation (with a slight assist from me) of Cherkassov’s East Siberian Hunter to inscribe. I am not sure of the price–25?– but postage (for a BIG book) is only $5. Jim Cornelius at Frontier Partisans, Dan On the Rock, and Constant Commenter (and wild canid maven) Lane Batot …
Birds and Dogs on YouTube
Walter Hingley sent an interesting if rather relentless clip of a 40 ounce white gyr tiercel taking down a 15 pound Canada goose. The tenacity of the “little” falcon shows why eastern cultures, who appreciate a good fight as much as they do a good flight, prefer gyrs and sakers to peregrines. Browsing in the …
More old photos: shooting with Father B
This one is pure fun: with Father Anderson Bakewell SJ, shooting his latest acquisition from Champlin Arms, a scoped drilling in 16 X 16 over 7 X 57 JRS, the rimmed version of the 7 X 57, at the Magdalena range in, I think, 1988. Not quite as cool as his .416 Rigby. A Brit …
An Older Man’s Tale
My father and his, about 1923: When the young artist returned from the war with his fancy New Mexico pointer and his already antique car, his father told him to take his rich man’s dog and car and get them out of his house. Remember that grand car? After flying those missions over Germany Joe …