Anne Davidson, who introduced me to Betsy forty- some years ago, has never hunted in her life. (She is “that zoo woman” in Querencia- the- book). A long time biophile, an orchid grower, and one who knows beauty– human, animal, art– when she sees it, she mused on the AyA this week: “Long long ago, …
Tag: Friends
One More Preview– Reading, Meals, & TOASTS
Just in from Denver, Reid’s, book signing, meeting with bloggers and more– will begin actual reporting after sleep. But here are some teasers, and a group of friends toasting– Flint’s rules… Anne of the REF and eagle as I lecture; dining out; Reid and Connie’s, with REF and Eric and Neutrino Cannon and Chas and …
Heidi Brown, 1999- 2012
George Calef’s great old Labrador Heidi Brown, who was based in Whitehorse in the Yukon but hunted all over North America, has died at thirteen. She probably hunted more species than any other living dog; here are some thoughts from George. “Heidi Brown passed away early this morning in the cabin she loved, and knew …
And Cat’s Sheep!
Also just out: Cat Urbigkit’s Shepherds of Coyote Rocks, her first adult book, a distillation and amplification of what you have come to love here and a leap forward for her. This is the most nuanced and intelligent defense of the traditional pastoral life in print, by a writer who lives it and has heard …
McIntyre’s Snow Leopard’s Tale
At VERY long last Thomas McIntyre’s Snow Leopard novel is out. I have waited longer for it than I have ever for any other book. Long story… First, let me quote my own recommendation– I pared it down to say exactly what I wanted to: “McIntyre’s tale may have predecessors, but it is unique. I …
Flyover Country?
Thesis: talk is as good in Magdalena, or the Spur, as anywhere. It was Sissy Olney, fourth generation rancher and lion hunter, who on seeing me reading Sybille Bedford in that bar, asked me if she were the one who had written “that big fat book about Aldous Huxley”. Joel Becktell is a world- class …
Hound Pix of the week
Lure coursing– Jutta Rubesam’s Nhubia in Germany:
Larissa at Burning Man
Larissa (the tall original human one, not the swift red one) dances at Burning Man. I mean, she is not just a– did I say TALL, drop- dead gorgeous, Russian American goddess, classical actress, a writer of books, and arts critic, she is a PERFORMER. My friend Anne, another St John’s graduate (Johnnie), as are …
Shiri & our hounds
Shiri, who usually supplies action photos of the kids, visits, and snaps us. And I her… Flying Tav, Taik, Lash, yours truly, a bemused Shiri…
Burton Apache: ?- Sept 2012
Sadly, I have not just this one but several elegies due for lost friends recently, some of whom I knew better than Burt, some still to write. But his death this week hit me strangely hard, perhaps because he was more than ten years younger than me. Burton was a member of the Alamo, our …