One of my unmentioned mentors died at 91 a couple of days ago: Dr Domenic Conca of Randolph, Massachusetts. “Doc” was the father of my oldest friend, Michael Conca, who was my schoolmate from first grade through my first year in college (BC: I dropped out), as well as my housemate and partner in a …
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The First Eagle Huntress?
However admirable Ashiolpan seems (and she is), and however fine the movie the Eagle Huntress is (and I suspect it is, and I want to see it), SHE IS NOT THE FIRST EAGLE HUNTRESS. This mistaken belief is particularly promulgated by American reviewers and I know I shouldn’t expect much of them; I should only …
Flyover Country- Who Knew?
Reading the WSJ, I was startled to encounter two old friends in an unusual context. The relevant passage: I called Russsell, who is in California and recovering from a shoulder operation ( casting lead- core steelhead lines in deep water for 60 years has got to have SOME effect!) and he was as bemused as …
Photo Session
Stefan Wachs came down for another photo shoot, this time of me flying Matt Mitchell’s sweet Harris. There will be more…
Steampunk
Two young Magdaleneans of our acquaintance attended a”steampunk” wedding in Denver, and from what I could see caught the Mechano- Victorian essence of that subculture better than anyone. Although the style is often credited to this book (and Lord Byron’s daughter is always a founding character) it is really a VISUAL style and came into …
Tom’s tour- and Book
A friend in Alberta snapped this photo of Tom Russell and Ian Tyson in fine form at a concert up there. My informant said that he told a story of bringing his Swiss Father-in-law over the Continental Divide at night to visit us and our hounds and hawks. It could have been a fraught scene …
Image
I am as vain as the next guy, and I had come to hate the way I looked in some recent pics, like this one at Helen’s signing: I looked so frail compared to Helen that somebody who did not know me asked if I were taking chemo! I HATE that- PD is bad enough. …
Little Carnivores…
Tiny dinosaur sign: found “art”, the leavings of a shrike, from Trent Kleppen up on the Hi-Line (which makes Miles City look suburban…)
Lion Tracks
Yes, lions follow us when we venture into the hills- I suspect almost always. From fellow Library Board member Bruce Holsapple, who has just published a bio of William Carlos Williams, a recent example:
Lever Gun Legacy
People from cities who hunt once a year think they must have he latest flat- shooting magnum to achieve success. So, often they miss because of an unexpected flinch, or end up destroying meat. Third gen ranchers like Miles City’s John L Moore (well, that is the nearest TOWN) know better: “My dad was a …