Granddog: John Burchard’s Tigger, now starting to show in coursing.
Around the Web
Of course I have still been at least crawling around the web and have found much entertainment and as always a little offense. I’ll direct you to some goodies, but I hope that in my absence you have visited not only friends linked to here but also O &P, Heidi, Mary, Chas, Roseann, Pluvi (returned …
“Sicker than a Doorknob”
… was an expression that the late Ernie Pino, Mr. Malaprop of the Golden Spur, used to use. We won’t even touch on its etymology. But that is why I have been absent– I have been sick for a while and just got worn out. I hasten to say that I am feeling a good …
Hawk and Dog Photo
Click for larger image… A number of readers commented on this image of Rina (whippet) and Smash (Harris’ hawk). It was taken earlier this year during a hunt in SE Louisiana. The photographer is Sid Seruntine, a friend of the landowner who graciously invited us to hunt his property. In this picture, the hawk and …
Fertility “Rights”
I woke late this morning, failing to “spring forward” per our ludicrous, federally mandated altering of Earth’s rotation. All was dark beyond the window, a month’s progress into the present season erased literally overnight. “Ay, Lord,” might one of Wendell Berry’s creatures say, “It just ain’t natural!” My whippet’s scheduled hysterectomy (today) was no coincidence. …
Book Review
The last Wolf HawkerThe Eagle Falconry of Friedrich Remmler By Martin HollinsheadThe Fernhill Press, 2006109 pages, hardcover, b&w photos Order here Falconers’ debts are hard to repay. We owe our mentors for their good example, and their mentors too, back as far as you can go. We begin to return these gifts by practicing competent …
Working with large animals
I should say “larger animals,” humans being large animals relative to some… just not to these. Reid forwarded this LAT story on a California state review of SeaWorld’s orca show, recently in the news for the near-drowning of a trainer by a whale during a live performance. From the story: The report, released Tuesday, follows …
More Zumbo
My first thought: “I can’t afford to comment here lest Steve lose points by association with the likes of me.” Second thought: “Steve is in no danger of losing credibility in the gun club.” Third thought: “Maybe this Zumbo guy had the same thought?” I don’t hunt with a gun. I own two: both .22s …
Dog Pics
Just for fun. A new one of granddog Nemrah, from Lash and Ky, courtesy Monica Stoner east of the mountains…. And an amazing pic of coursing borzois in Cal from the always amazing camera of Herb Wells.
Bill Wise, 1938- 2007
Pictured: Bill Wise and Floyd Mansell My friend (and a personal hero) Bill Wise, of Harrington Delaware, died on the 24th of February. I wrote about him a bit here. After breaking his neck in a surfing accident in 1965 he went on to live a life more adventurous than that of most people who …