Warren Spencer, seen here at the wedding below, has been putting up videos of our falcon- tazi- lurcher teams at “Dirtwinger”. Most if not all dogs here bred by us or “granddogs” of our stock… Here are two of them of Warren’s breeding (we own all grandparents) with Terence’s late Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog on …
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Karen Wetherill & Terence Wright Wedding
A brilliant, beautiful entomologist, reigning expert on the wild bees of NM… …marries a longdogger… … and a fine celebration follows. One amazing thing was the amount of “dog relatives”– I think everyone in the photos but one has a descendant of our hounds, plus many others present–!
Back to the World: News
… slowly… Just finished writing 80,000 words about 100 sporting books. It went too slowly, as PD hits right in the parts, so to speak, that need to sit in a chair and type– two things I don’t do well these days. A lot was dictated and I don’t do THAT well either, I am …
Findings
Here is the July edition of Findings from Harper’s Magazine. Findings By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi Researchers identified genes responsible for the smallness of pygmies, congenital spleenlessness, the blond hair of Melanesians, a 2.6-point increase in IQ (if both parents are carriers), and the similarities between the luminescent bellies of smalleye pygmy sharks and those of velvet-belly …
Fire Season
It’s been all over the news, so I’m sure you know we have a bunch of wild fires all over the state of Colorado. The latest and most destructive is the Waldo Canyon Fire down near Colorado Springs. That’s about 50 miles away from us, and I took this picture of the smoke plume from …
Jane Huntington Weiner 1917- 2012
Jane Huntington Weiner, Betsy’s oldest sister and surviving sibling, died, lucid to the end, in Massachusetts yesterday. She was born in 1917 in Anwei, China, raised (by strangest coincidence) with Libby’s mother Patty Lucas Adam, eventually came to the states, attended Radcliffe, and survived an adventurous youth to become a serene mother and gardener and …
Gratuitous Dog Pic #2
Micaela’s Lublub in Finland, well- known for her embarrassed grin, gets her head stuck through the duvet. Not all salukis are dignified.
Silk Road Trilogy Project
An innovative approach to publishing and natural for Q fans, on so many levels: The Silk Road Trilogy translation project on Kickstarter! Central Asia, the Silk Road, falcons and horses, China, literature, cyber- publishing; what’s not to love? Please consider pledging a bit to make this happen- time is short! Russian Life’s blog will report …
Weekend Links
… good, bad, & strange. Bear with my light blogging for a couple more weeks please! First, good: Tazi pix! Right from the source, Almaty & environs– the bearded ethnic Russian guy is Konstantin Plakhov, who bred our Ataika, seen here as a pup at Kostya’s there and as a matron, here, below. Libby with …
Mongolian Snaphaunce Teaser
It now has a working trigger or “naragon” and can be cocked… Thanks John Besse!