“A man of action rarely keeps a journal; it is always later on and in a period of prolonged inactivity, that he does his recollecting, makes his notations, and, very often, has cause to wonder at the course his life has taken.” Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian (HT Terry Teachout, About Last Night. “They know …
Author: Steve Bodio
Doggish Blogstuff
In a post forthrightly called “Nannying Idiots Continue to ignore real problems”, Patrick starts with the case of someone arrested for docking a terrier tail in England and then gets REALLY wound up. “Women are getting breast implants or breast reductions, and men are getting hair transplants and scalp reductions. “Noses are bobbed, fat is …
I was just outside…
But I need to catch up a bit– hope I still have some readers. The stress of finding illustrations for Eagle (not to mention paying for them!)– has been acute, and I have needed large doses of dog- running and hunting to keep me sane. I think things are getting under control. Let’s see, bloggish …
Nature Morte
The phrase is used for “Still Life” in French, though it has other obvious connotations, I went out with the 16 bore but without a dog yesterday, in a brief work break, to try to bag a cottontail for dinner. I though the doves had mostly left “downhill” to the Rio but a flock rose …
Pavarotti and..
I’l forgive Dreher his pitbull post for his link to this utterly surreal You- Tube video (and catch that otherwise inexplicable shot of Grace Jones at the beginning and the one of– I think– Lou Reed at the end).
Dog Trials in Russia and Asia
I am probably going to stir up trouble here but I am feeling a bit ornery after all that below. Besides, I am missing the Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Breeds Conference in Almaty, where many of my friends have gone. I have heard a lot of talk lately about some images going around that lead …
Dog News Around the Web
The California Mandatory Spay- Neuter bill may be on hold, but affluent Huntington beach wants to enact an ordinance of its own, complete with microchips. “Competition dogs” ie show dogs–see below– would be exempt but at higher fees. Also: “The council asked that the program’s annual cost to the city be no more than $50,000 …
Gobi Birds
Some wonderful photos on the Temujin Blog, a good blog about trekking in Mongolia. French helps but is not a necessity– the pix speak for themselves. HT John Carlson. (Temujin was the birth name of Jingiz. And no, I won’t say it with a hard “G”, which no one does in Asia, though otherwise spelling …
Cairo Salukis
I knew that southern Illinois was called “Little Egypt” I knew its “capitol” was called Cairo (pronounced “Kayro”.) But I never dreamed that there was a football team called the Salukis.
Goshawks vs. Depression
Pluvialis has been having a rough time. I do not think she is ‘whingeing’, in the slightest; as she admits, ‘Death, relationships, job-loss, moving: four biggies in the World of Stress.’ The four I’d say– dealing with only two has on occasion reduced me to near- catatonia. What fascinates me is that she is finding …