I have posted a pic of my Soviet- war era Afghan battle rug before. It is a prized possession, drenched in haunted history and metaphorical blood. I got it from fellow fly fisher and double gun nut (and fine artist and rug fancier) Michael Simon, then of Livingston Montana. Daniela, who, like many of us …
Author: Steve Bodio
Where I come from…
My sister Karen just sent this irresistible map of Massachusetts (as always click to embiggen): I wrote back: “…outside of Boston proper I have lived in Pilgrims, Republicans, and on the border of Hippies & Trees. Hmmm…” Of course, I was born in “Murders & Stuff”, and the Bodios’ New World roots, so to speak, …
I become a YouTube Star!?
Well, of the UNM Clinical Neuroscience Center video anyway. Or maybe Taik or the slightly recalcitrant Chicken are… We are on in the beginning and I after seven minutes but, especially if you live in NM, you should watch the whole thing. Anyway a rare possibility to see some familiar faces & places in motion. …
Tazi Stamp & Desert Windhounds Reboot
Jess of Desert Windhounds, the forthright defender of genetic diversity and our right to breed the dogs that please us, is back, under the equally forthright title of Bitter CynoAnarchist* here, still fighting the good fight (I may steal one of her images to pontificate on later). She also had some nice pics of tazis …
(Early) Quote of the day
“I like reading; I am especially fond of reading old books in poor condition by odd people.” (English gun writer Diggory Hadoke, courtesy of reader Tom Condon)
Canat is Well
A bittersweet result of hearing the melancholy news about Aralbai below was a note from my old friend Canat with great photos. We did mourn a bit of lost youth (he was moved by my white hair and grandchild, which he knew of only abstractly)– was it really fifteen ears since I first set foot …
Science, Art, Helicoprion, Ray Troll, more…
Dr H at Diary of a Mad Natural Historian just published a piece on Helicoprion, the impossible fossil shark that appears to have a circular saw in its mouth, and mentions artist Ray Troll. All natural history buffs mad or not should buy and read Troll (or wear him– he does T shirts, and pins …
NSFW Rifle?
…so first, MaryAnn sends me this pic from her recent safari, of amorous lions…I am of course reminded of this Rigby double rifle with the same “theme” on the plates (click to enlarge; plain vanilla version, slightly used, on sale for a not-ridiculous- these- days $59,500, below it). Jonathan Hanson sent the last words on …
Two Links
Vadim Gorbatov has his own website at last! It is in Russian but just click around– you don’t need language to appreciate a great painter. Click the second button (“Novosti”) for not only tigers battling bears but great sketches and images including ones on this Samurai falconer.You can buy his prints from Al Gates– links …
Sad News
Alan Gates writes: “I have sad news that Aralbai has been diagnosed with throat cancer, he refused the laser treatment he was offered at the UB hospital because he believed that those that had had this type of treatment, die quicker. “He has deteriorated a lot from the time I last hunted with him, and …