Hazards of Grace

My falconry apprentice, Gary Moody of Santa Fe, (also Texas, Siberia not far north of Olgii, St John’s) has published his first book of poetry, at… let us say, my age. It is NOT an apprentice work; rather, the work of a seasoned poet who hadn’t published a book yet. My blurb gives a hint: …

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Bar 2, Q C # 5

Says Lib, “The thing is, we’re multicultural–we just don’t know it.” Mmmyes. Karaoke night at the Spur. Cody Henderson — his father is Lee, who owns the ranch we hunt on, and his mother was born Lorraine Lopez — as Cupid, about to sing “Landslide” with Linda (Rael) Mansell, born in Taos and married into …

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Weary Poem

“X” from Housman’s Last Poems (1922) Could man be drunk forever With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.

Sad Week

I just got word from Alan Gates that Aralbai has died at just 54.(Photo by Cat)He might have been “The Coolest Man in the World” and was a serious drinking companion, but many people from many countries from here to England to Japan (I may tell that tale later) appreciated him as a guide and …

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Querencia Country Part 3: Mountains

We are nestled into the north end of the Magdalena range, and just a bit east of the parallel, longer, wetter San Mateos. Both stand over 10,000 feet high, giving us a variety of climate unknown in places with less variation in elevation. Though we are in an arid part of the country, interior valleys …

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Strange Tri- Hybrids

From reader Roberto Buonfante comes this “natural” domestic pair and their young, in Italy: a Buteo X Buteo (Redtail jamaicensis x Ferruginous regalis) mated to a Harris (Parabuteo–!– unicinctus) and their first of several successful clutches. Seems they might make great hare hawks! Roberto writes: “… the Harris [and] the red/ ferr. were placed in …

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