Just like my paternal grandmother’s, which she used on Polenta. “Makes a nice-a sauce”, she would say as she caught the sparrows in the pigeon loft by swatting them with a broom or popping them into a brown paper bag and whacking it on a beam. I have never felt more Italian……. Here she is …
Author: Steve Bodio
Obligatory Pigeon Material
Every so often non- pigeon readers have to put up with a pigeon post- pun intended. These ones are relatively painless, and the second is also of interest to dino- philes, evo- bio- types, and even competitive pigeon show fanciers…(Ava, birds soon- we got the boxes, but one pair is still feeding. You are getting …
Great Dog Pic
Daniel’s Boone and Maggie nap.
Jean Louis’ Idols?
Jean- Louis Lassez, just back to the Muleshoe Ranch from his art show in Florence, says: “There is this game on facebook where you put images of three people who represent your soul. As I have a more complex personnality than your average facebook user (I think), I decided on 4 instead of 3. The …
Secret Agent Man
I’ll resume blogging with a bit of humor; I for one could used it… When JP Parker reviewed Hounds of Heaven for Amazon (an almost embarrassingly good review), he stated:”Everyone and everything has to be quickly and easily pigeonholed in our Age of Single-Minded Experts: if you’re an artist, you can’t possibly be a scientist; …
More George
……Some serious- and silly- photos. I think Karen did the painting, which was on the casket:
Obit
George’s obituary from the Boston Globe: “GRAHAM, George M. Of South Weymouth, formerly of North Weymouth, died September 20, 2016. George worked as an engineer for many years. He was a volunteer for NOAA, Care Packs, Fore River Young Marines and a member of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. George was also a Weymouth Youth …
George Graham RIP
My brother in law and dear friend, George Graham, died early today after a struggle with esophageal cancer. He was not quite 54, and I can’t get my head around it yet. Until a month or so ago he and Karen were pretty optimistic, and I always thought he would outlive me. We were utterly …
George is still fighting
Keep him in your prayers and thoughts- he is going through a hard patch. That is him as letter “K”.
Convergent Evo -in Double Guns!
I had no idea, when I started measuring these, just how close they would be. They are of different origin and design. One is an LC Smith so- called Featherweight 12 from †he 1920,s, built and designed in New England and New York. One is a typical 12 bore British game gun (though proofed for …