The Silk Road Trilogy translation, of course. I’ll be away with no computer for the last couple of days before the deadline. But all but 600 and a little dollars of the needed $15,000 has been raised, and it would be a shame to miss when we are this close…
Tag: Central Asia
Lauren In Kazakhstan
Lauren McGough is in Kazakhstan now, studying, handling birds, shooting a VEPR (thanks Darrell) at marmots and eating them, running hounds bred by Kostya (who bred our Taika) and of course drinking vodka (it’s mandatory). She is in the Alatau in the southwest, where the mountains end and run down to the Caspian Basin; fascinating …
Gratuitous Asian hounds again…
We have taigans as well as tazis and Arab salukis in NM. (courtesy of Shiri and the other LB) They still seem exotic. Taigans and tazis and salukis are relatives; all are Silk Road dogs, and, whether you think they came west or east they followed those tracks. Only 5 days to go, with about …
Only six days left…
..to fund the Russian life- Kickstarter Silk Road trilogy translation project, with $4300 to go, or all is in vain. I think Q readers may make up a majority now! Consider digging in a second or even a third time– we are!
Just a little time left
To contribute to the Russian Life Silk Road Trilogy translation project. My earlier take here. Apparently just 100 ten- dollar book orders would put them over the top. It would be a shame if lack of publicity made this wonderful project fail.Tell your friends. Go viral!
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!
Lauren checks in…
Adventuring on; she will be going out to Kazakhstan to learn serious Kazakh soon, then to several other Stans. The Explorers Club has provided some funds but I may just have to run a bleg here… (Need I say more about my friend, protegee who long since surpassed her elder, first female berkutchi, first American …
Baluchi Hounds
A collage of Baluchi hounds owned in Pakistan by Ali Hosnain, a member of my “extended dogfamily”; assembled by Jutta Rubesam in Germany. Call them tazis or Asian salukis or aboriginal Afghans or what you will; I’d own one, and breed from it.