As I am becoming extremely slow, I need to organize my time. I have found that spending hours on the Internet, or sitting in this chair, is both uncomfortable and destructive of time. The only way I am going to get my next book started is to take some time off– December? Won’t know til …
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Future possiblities…
Salim Ali shooting swallows with his 20 bore Jeffries in northern India before the war; Suydam Cutting and Arthur Vernay rather earlier. Anyone know why we should know who they are? (We should).
Irresistible
If dark. Roz Chast cartoon via David Zincavage.
Synchronicity?
Not at all the right word, implying as it does same TIME, when times are different. Suffice to say that I noticed these correspondences many years ago, and others keep finding them and sending. I know. The recent photos, of Betsy and salukis and a giant staghound (Riley) were taken here between 80 and 86. …
Scaled Quail
Taken by Daniela, who visited today, down by Alamogordo.
Beautiful guns plus
I very nearly used Libby’s not unkind but perhaps too accurate term “gun porn”, but quailed at putting it in the title, fearing just what search engines might send people here. The Stephen Grant 16 is all cleaned up– mechanicals by John Besse, wood by me– safe to shoot, and pretty– now I must decide …
Quote
On “Best” guns, from the delightful Westley Richards Blog: “…the very best work is still done by men with files and chisels and, by definition, best work is what a best gun is about. When asked about the difference between making guns and making best guns, Tom Wilkes made the observation ‘it all comes down …
Deep Springs digest
Last week. The roads in and out are ridiculous… The valley bottom is dry… Though the irrigated land is rich. We searched for Bufo exsul at the springs, but it was too cool… Eli is as ever adventure kid. We had fun, especially Libby.
Another peaceful Tyrannosaur image…
… adolescents, from Mark Witton. Bird- ish.
Quote
Brad has reminded me of the late great impossible Barry Hannah. An almost random quote (sometimes I think he wrote only quotable phrases): “Walthall bought an ancient Jaguar sedan for nothing, and when it ran, smelling like Britain on the skids or the glove of a soiled duke…”