Kim Nesvig, our only animal hand and the one who fills in for all emergencies.I will try to print her card later…
Author: Steve Bodio
Dog pics
The Terrorist: Old Taik Irb
Adventures and Associates
I am going to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale this weekend. I’ve been falling down a lot, which is no fun, and I really can’t type — Luckily, sometimes someone comes along at the right time. My long-time veterinarian, Terri Gonzales, has a sister who can quote Kipling, Oscar Wilde, and Dorothy Parker, and is …
Vern Dawson 1962- 2017 RIP
Vernon Dawson died this week, tragically youmg. He was a miner, a craftsman, a drinker, a gentleman, and a friend. Perhaps his problem was the one mentioned long ago by Jimmy Buffett in “A Pirate Looks at Forty” (Forty!): “My occupational hazard bein’ / My occupation’s just not around.” The days of the hard rock …
Timely old Tom Russell Song
The Gun Kids take a Road Trip
..To Cody. Nathaniel Fitch and Arthur Wilderson with Cody curator Ashley Hlebinsky. Arthur writes: “We took this picture in one of the basement vaults-within-a-vault at the Buffalo Bill Museum of the West in Cody, WY. Nathaniel managed to get us in with a few phone calls. The lady in front is Ashley Hlebinsky, the curator …
HI Line
Some images by Trent Kleppen of the bleakest, most beautiful landscape in the 48. And a song…
Instant reviews
With my inability to type getting to the point where I have to hire a stenographer to do my next two books, don’t expect blogging to be too regular or too long. Nevertheless, I still keep getting good books from my friends and friendly publishers and I must notice them. This is especially true when …
Neighbors
Trent Kleppen up on the Hi Line asked about my ranch neighbors, and in answering I realized we are still a wild bunch here, for whatever reason. It is no accident that songwriter Tom Russell lived here, in el Paso and Santa Fe, for years. I wanted to send some photos of my ranch friends …
Merry Christmas!
Apparently, according to Gerry Cox, a lot of our friends have been worried because our mailbox was “full” and messages were bouncing. After messing around with it a lot, it seems to be working normally, at least for now. But whatever the problems, be assured that we are well, despite the puppy’s eating the house*, …