I was looking idly at the cards pinned up on the door and realized how bloggish they are becoming. This corner has David (Never Yet Melted)Zincavage, Rebecca with hawk & dog; Odious— the Victorian Christmas tree at right; and frequent commentor “Johnny UK”– the yellow Lab. And more have come in since…
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A wonderful ancient sculpture. All- female lizard clone species. Several of these are common in the Magdalena area. Terrierman talks about veterinarian bill- padding, kickbacks etc. Luckily ours is an old- fashioned ranch woman– but I have seen both the demand for pre- op bloodwork and the referral kickback. Did a comet contribute to the …
Done & Back! (With links)
I shipped off the remaining part of the book project last week– illos, captions, credits– and have my life back, though my brain doesn’t believe it yet. I have a HUGE backlog of links plus some photo posts and essays planned, but I don’t intend to do them all today, so bear with me. This …
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A guitar that looks like an AK 47. I agree with Mr. Massie. Sippican on creativity. (He builds fine furniture). “There’s a mindset that’s de rigeur these days that rules are for schmucks….(snip) “What utter bosh. Michaelangelo Buonnarotti Simoni painted some interesting things, and he labored under plenty of constraints, including: don’t piss off your …
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Animal Rights proponents demand that those who want a dog go only to the “overpopulated” shelters. So why are shelters going out of the country to get thousands more dogs? “When animal shelters started going overseas to fill their emptying kennels, some worried the imported strays would bring foreign diseases and even rabies into the …
Absent?
In the past two weeks I have finished 4000 words for a forthcoming book on the art of Tom Quinn, had the Peculiars as guests for a week, and screwed up my back by hiking up a canyon with a yielding floor of washed- out gravel. Now four books have arrived in the mail to …
I was just outside…
But I need to catch up a bit– hope I still have some readers. The stress of finding illustrations for Eagle (not to mention paying for them!)– has been acute, and I have needed large doses of dog- running and hunting to keep me sane. I think things are getting under control. Let’s see, bloggish …
Larissa gets fired
In favor of two illiterate interns. Sometimes I despair of the magazine world. Go here to see what they are missing as she blogs on harsh truth and loving lies.
Linkage
Here are some links collected while I was finishing the book. Derb muses on consciousness and wonders if dogs have souls. David Zincavage remembers a collector of armor and splendid mastiffs. Also from David: a man in Pennsylvania is evicted for having too many books: “Authorities in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., condemned John Puchniak’s apartment this year …
Done and Back!
Well, not “done” exactly– there are those hundred illustrations and permissions (kill, kill!)– but I have just finished the first (pretty solid) draft of the eagle book well ahead of deadline, and can HAVE A LIFE (and a blog) again. Don’t expect too much today, but expect regular comment, links, and a lot of photo …