Anyone out there who can tell me why the new format does not reproduce paragraphs? There were supposed to be about five in the post below! Also having a bit of trouble scrolling up and down in the box you compose the post in. Any advice appreciated. I use up- to- date Firefox… UPDATE:Thanks Chas …
Author: Steve Bodio
Night Out: Open Range
Our social life is limited when we are busy and broke, and with two books in the air you can bet we are both! So it was a treat when Libby’s friend and former employee Linda Hausler got in touch to tell us that her and her husband Ric Steinke’s old- time cowboy band, Open …
QOD # 1
“Taking me to a ball game is like taking a dog to the Louvre.”- Julie Zickefoose. Yeah me too…
Weekend Pix
Apologies– I am trying to get half of the Book of Books finished by next weekend, plus have been dealing with med changes, a busy social life, travel, and gout. So will post a few light things and return soon with content I hope. Below, family in Santa Fe; Libby, Mr and Mrs Peculiar, grandson …
Quote of the Day
“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” Jodi Picoult
Harry Crews, RIP
Just got the news from Tom McIntyre that Harry Crews, author of A Feast of Snakes, Car, The Hawk is Dying, A Childhood, and other wonderful books, is dead at 76. Over his long life he wrote beautifully and grotesquely about death and love, hawking, hounds, chickenfights, karate, and eating a car. He lived hard, …
Mabel
Helen’s Gos.
A young man’s tale: part one?
Libby’s boss Greg and I share a certain nostalgia for fine old cars. Today he showed me a magazine– Classic Auto I think—- and a picture of a thirties vintage Cadillac V16 roadster brought back a tale from my father’s youth… A young man, the son of immigrants, was an artist of real talent and …
Quote & visit (or visit & quote?)
Mark Churchill and his friend Jessica blew through with the wind this weekend, and a good time was had by all. Which of course made me check his blog Flyover Country, where I discovered photos, hawking, links and the following absolutely true quote, from Jessica: “God made Australia so that most of the world’s most …
News
Pluvialis has been in the Gulf where she saw this huge version of Thesiger’s portrait of Sheikh Zayed. She has two book contracts, one for the Gos book. More soon I hope.