“… But I don’t think so”, as he wrote of his old friend Edward Abbey in my favorite of all of his works, Desierto, the closest thing he ever wrote to a nature book. The inscribed flyleaf (double or right click to enlarge) beneath his terrifying later Murder City, is in that book; he had …
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Doggage
Nhubia sees a roebuck.
Quote
“A great many rifles and shooting books have passed through my life since the day I purchased that first 7 X 57 40 years ago this month, and the lessons learned have been many. One was to hold onto rifles and books that continually prove not just practical but delightful, and get rid of those …
Visiting
Mark Cortner, old friend and variously biologist, cowboy, rancher, farmer, and fine gun nut– (we have traded various things including guns, books, and horses since Betsy was alive) stopped by just before sundown with Harry the Peruvian paso, one of the nicest horses I know. I still get jealous every time I see a gaited …
Hemingway, with burger
I have been saving this found image of Ernest and Patrick Hemingway. Patrick, closer to 90 than 80, doesn’t look all that different today, but then, he did when he was about 8, too. This month, Saveur published a real Hemingway hambuger recipe.We just made two, and I swear it may be the best I …
Steve Grayson, 1950- 2014
My friend Steve Grayson died two nights ago. He owned the Golden Spur for over thirty years, and made it into THE community center for Magdalena and the surrounding ranches. Betsy Huntington and I met most of the people I still know there, not to mention the increasing number we have lost. He makes an …
More Doggage
Jutta’s irresistible Nhubia and Taalai from Germany, once again… “Use it or lose it”– would you believe Nhubia (white) is almost twelve?
Shannon Hiatt, 1950- 2014
When Dr Jon Esposito– vet, pigeon expert, above all old friend, called this evening from El Paso, I had an odd apprehension, all too well confirmed in his first sentence: “Shannon just died– they found him in his pigeon loft, yesterday”. One the one hand, it was an appropriate way to go, almost comedically perfect …
New sculpture coming…
Just a teaser from Sarah Madigan…
Sunday Random Doggage
Micaela’s J litter in Finland with dachshund. I’d take that black and white pup.