Busy but I THINK done with the Eagle Book (real cover coming) and in a routine with the Book of Books; the latest descriptive if uninspired title is Bodio’s Choice; One Hundred essential Hunting and Fishing Books; (“through the Ages? “From X to Y”?) Plus getting our local art press, or rather Laurie Gregg and …
Author: Steve Bodio
SAA Symposium on Dogs
Back in January I posted on a symposium at the upcoming Society for American Archaeology meetings on the archaeology of the human/dog relationship. I promised to put a link up to the paper abstracts when they were released and you can find them here at the SAA website. Browse to your heart’s delight. Here is …
One more irresitible quote
“There are times when the most amused and phlegmatic traveler in the Phillipines (and elsewhere) yearns for a country of deep reserve and formality where everyone calls each other “Sir” or “Madam” and wishes to know no personal fact of any kind. This country, it is true, sounds like a cross between Claridge’s and Ladakh.” …
Tavi & Riss
Tavi being photogenic as usual; upwardly mobile Larissa hobnobbing with Shiri’s screenwriter friend Rex.
An Accidental Cowboy, Barking Backward
I have always found people with multiple passions more interesting than single- subject obsessives. I first became aware of Jameson Parker… well, a LONG time ago, when he starred in our generation’s finest California TV mystery series Simon and Simon, playing the preppier younger brother and partner in a PI business to Gerald McRaney’s Marine …
Apologies and some light blogging: Prairie Gos
Have been ruining my health and especially my right, mouse- running hand (Parkinson’s overlaid with arthritis exacerbated by gout and maybe carpal tunnel syndrome- AAARGH!) working overtime on the last details for the eagle book- I promise a real cover soon. I need a few days away from this keyboard, working at the town library.To …
Valentine from Dinolo
Ace flytyer Paul Dinolo of Duxbury, Massachusetts, just sent me an ingeniously boxed selection of small stream flies and terrestrials for this coming summer. More thought went into them even than is apparent; they are all big enough for clumsy fingers but small enough for tiny fish!
Framed Vadim
The new frames are finally done — here’s the latest rotation in the library. Click once right and again for biggest…
Johnny UK’s Gun
I don’t want to overwhelm everybody with gun posts, but this is a good one. Prompted by my dream gun post below, John Hill, “Johnny UK” of our comment section, has sent photos of his “one good gun”, a product of a lifetime of experimenting and trading. It is a Damon Petrick from Herve Bruchet …
Challenging quote
“Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated batter rule.” (David Guaspari) Does that sound surreal? It is, but it’s a good analogy. If you doubt it, substitute:”…is like comparing the thickness of a wall to the degree of purple of the …