John Davila, one of my oldest NM friends, is an unreconstructed Catron county rancher, an unconventional soul who used to raise game chickens in the old days, not to mention cattle and stranger things. I bet he likes the quote from a distant relative, 20th century philosopher Nicolas Gomez Davila, courtesy of David Zincavage’s Never …
Tag: Friends
Wendy Glenn, 1940- 2014, RIP
I will have a lot more to say tomorrow. Wendy and Warner Glen, with unfailing humor and hard work, run– ran?– a model ranch in SE Arizona, and by force of personality they have forged unlikely bonds between ranchers and conservation groups. Wendy was the voice of not just the Malpai Borderlands, but for all …
Niki climbs
My daughter- in- law married a man, Jack (Andrew Jackson) Frishman, who is himself the result of TWO people with a climbing lineage falling in love. Grandpa Ken Adam was on a T shirt depicting him rappelling from Lower Cathedral Spire in Yosemite in the 40’s *. So it is pretty natural to want to …
Training
Very busy and a bit under the weather, so expect photos and no long text. Here are pics of Daniel’s recent training. Call me provincial– I didn’t know they had places like that in California.
More taigans from Jutta
Doesn’t the big black one look like a “psovoya” borzoi? (Russian wolfhound in the west. “Borzoi” in Russian means sighthound– we have “tasy- borzois”, “Angliskaya borzois”– greyhounds– and so forth). UPDATE: See the whole collection here
Caption?
From Jonathan Hanson. UPDATE: I think Dennis has the winner: “Halten Sie mein Bier und beobachten Sie diese” (Hold my beer and watch this).
Taigans!
Jutta Rubesam lives in Germany and has been a constant presence here through her Nhubia and Taalai, the two talented canine dancers who often grace our Weekend Doggage. In times past she visited New Mexico and took some of my favorite photos of my own dogs. Now she has been to Kyrgizstan and the shores …
The Two Sides of Wolves as Comedy
As enacted by a younger Lane B, who I am sure will have something to say…
Easter Doggage/ Impending Litter?
Riss and Aymoon: If you think Aymoon seems a little goofy, consider this photo of him in action. We already know that Rissy is a good girl.
Eagle Dreamers
I must assume that ALL my readers have seen some version of this: I have gotten over 100 emails, and they are still coming in. The one most saw was a BBC article (see David Zincavage’s blog), but I like the photographer’s, and his background info. It seems that the wild men of central Asia, …