… so why don’t “They” know it now? Writing in the Lonsdale Libary volume Hound & Dogs in 1932 (ed. A. Croxton Smith), Brigadier-General F, F. Lance said: “The Saluki varies in type according to the country from which he comes. He covers a very large area, extending from Northern Africa to India and from …
Tag: Dogs
Update and Apologies
Sorry all– slow typing plus two books to finish plus a mag deadline plus training a hawk plus a dog with iffy health- Lashyn has developed diabetes, finally coming under control– do not make for plentiful posting. Too much chaos, for good as well as ill, but chaos nonetheless. The dogs are nervous– even Perfect …
Radio
An interview with Guy de la Valdene, on The Fragrance of Grass, in which among many other things he says good things about writing by me, Joe Hutto, and Joel Vance, as well as his better- known hunting friends McGuane and Harrison. A cheerful reminder of why his book is so good…
The Girls in Santa Fe
Much more in a little, but just downloaded this pic of The Girls looking rather formal and on their best behavior while staying at the Peculiar’s last week midst the chaos. They behaved well, were a great comfort, and went to the graveside, though Lashyn (left) remained rather nervous the entire time. (She has a …
A Little Comic Relief
The Bodio side of the Frishman heritage, in part: guns & animals. I think several blogs attest there is a literary component as well…
Readings
On a hot dusty day, we buried Patty Adam in Fairview Cemetery on Cerrillos road in Santa Fe, with a small crowd of friends in attendance. The cemetery, on the National Historic Register, is odd, small, old, and dry, with 19th century tombstones and a general air of benign neglect– think New Orleans with prairie …
Why I prefer free hunting…
… to lure coursing: I don’t like frustration! Taigans, including Jutta Rubesam’s red Taalai, in Germany, by her:
Dogs
Recent of ours, all but Irbis showing a little age, by Gail Goodman, and Cousin Nura in Scotland. Taik, Rissa, Kyran, Lash, Irb; two of Atai’s niece Nura courtesy of Mark McBride.
Cute Puppy
Because nobody can resist and it is all Win: Paul Domski with a Chris Mason galgo pup, photo by Daniela Imre last weekend.
More Antique Images of “Salukis”…
Or whatever you want to call them. This one is French- Algerian from the 19th century. What interests me is that it is a very heavily feathered dog, like a “mountain” Central Asian dog today (“Khalag tazi”?), but from a place where there are only smooth “sloughis” now. There may be reasons for this, all …