Thanksgiving’s shoot made me realize regular shotguns may be beyond me, barring surgery, steroids, or scarier drugs. So from California and artist Tom Quinn, my old T Turner English boxlock is returning. Only .410 I could ever shoot- 4 pounds 8 ounces but FIFTEEN INCH stock. Compare to old Grant Pigeon 12 for scale. Again, …
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Tavi File
Leap by Shiri, T- Kong by Jess…
A Very Few Links
Hopelessly busy and slow but you NEED these… Jameson Parker has a post about an amazing gift shotgun, a Boss, perhaps the most austere (and best) Best. I have a corrollary tale– remind me– about someone who had one, and naturally, was given one. Now that I have about what I need, old friend, dog …
A Young Farmer’s Perspective
NC sent us a link to a fascinating Op- Ed in the Denver Post by an intelligent and analytical young farmer. She says: “People all say words like “farm fresh,” “sustainability,” but they don’t want to actually pay for what it actually costs me to make it. Almost everyone tries to talk me into lowering …
Quote
From “Caliph of the Tricksters: Cockfighting in the Ruins of Kabul”, by Christopher de Bellaigue, in the December Harper’s: “… Then he quoted an Afghan saying: ‘Drinking wine is forbidden; tell me something that is permitted in this world!’”
Weekly Dogs
From Shiri…
Cincinnati
We’ve just returned from a week in Cincinnati where we spent Thanksgiving with two of Connie’s siblings and their families. Our kids flew out from California for the holiday, too. We had a good visit and got to do some interesting things that I’ll post about. I took this picture of the Cincinnati skyline and …
Bald
I saw these two characters hanging out in a cottonwood near the South Platte while driving into work this morning. I wish I’d had my bigger telephoto lens with me.
Roy’s Rules
Roy Chapman Andrews’ Rules for his 1920 Mongolian expedition, according to Alan Nichols of the Explorer’s Club: – No cussing the weather. – No grouching against the gasoline in the water. – No profanity (except the picturesque variety). – All male members must take share in pumping tires and other work not requiring hot air. …
Quote: Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel’s trilogy on Henry VIII and his court, as seen through the eyes of courtier Thomas Cromwell, is one of the most harrowing fictional works I have ever read– brilliant and acute, never pleasant. Am I the only reader who sees a similarity between Henry’s court and that of the Red Czar? As with …