Stefan Wachs came down for another photo shoot, this time of me flying Matt Mitchell’s sweet Harris. There will be more…
Tag: I get by with a little help from my friends…
Isabella’s pups
..In Virginia- 5 boys, 5 girls: 0ur pick is the small brown- collared girl, who has a white blaze and the prospect of a dark muzzle and ears. She might resemble the late lamented Pax. They, and Ataika, are all closely related. Our current thought on a name is Alema, Kazakh for Milky Way, after …
Brad’s Miss Jane
Brad Watson’s new novel makes the NYTBR— above the fold, with a photo one that one friend teased “has that Sam Shepard vibe”. Congratulations! I like all of Brad’s work, but this one is rich- ma ybe his best? I will give it proper review when I finish UPDATE: Here is an even better review …
Parade
I have, to my mild shock, been elected unanimously to the post of Grand Marshall for the Magdalena Old Timers’ Parade. That means I lead the parade, folks; sadly, the herd of half- wild Corriente cattle they used to drive through town ahead of it has gone the way of the street dance in the …
Summer Woodcock
Georgia friend Gil Stacy has more sense than we did when I hunted Woodcock: he keeps some for the summer mushroom harvests… chanterelles in this case. Also notice the color of the cut flesh. Like all good Woodcock (and snipe) cooks, he sort of passes them through a very hot oven. I get tired of …
New Dutch
Dutch Salmon has a new collection of outdoor tales: Country Sports II: More Rabid Pursuits of a Redneck Environmentalist. (Available from High Lonesome Books, PO Box 878, Silver City NM 88062). I think it is his best and most varied yet. I don’t think I can “review” it any better than to use my introduction, …
Darren’s Opinion of Feathered Dinos…
Darren’s opinion on feathered dinos is at LEAST as strong as mine, and better informed– but I didn’t do a T- Shirt. I don’t usually wear one, but I have ordered his, in a kind of dayglo golden orange at that… Darren’s blog(s)– his has had several versions and sponsors– have been what I thought …
More Doggage
I hadn’t intended to be so profligate, but Rissy is coming into her own.The feral girl is now a still- slightly mad “Mom”. She even comes back– sometimes.
Countdown
As many of you know, at 6 AM on Monday, Agust 10, I go “under the knife” for the Direct Brain Stimulation operation— well, more like the drill, sitting up, awake if not wide awake (6 AM at University Hospital in Albuquerque means leaving here before 4 AM, and I don’t think that will be …
Clark City
Russell Chatham is back in northern California, fishing, thinking, writing, getting back to his roots. I don’t have any practical info, yet, but he is reviving Clark City Press, one step at a time . Back in the day, he was the one publisher willing to take Querencia– the- book. Without him, this blog would …