Returning to Service

Mostly polishing off, with endless revisions, the Book O' Books, done for months but still being tweaked, also endless Good- But- Endless visitors, end of holiday and other serious food, arthritis and steroids and two major dog operations and too much to drink, and far too little to chase...

Any weariness in these lines is less about telling stories which I still love but about having to spend far too much packaging them, and knowing that if you don't watch out, they will sink without a trace. Or as frontier ornithologist Elliot Coues said, way back during the Indian Wars; "I have seen a mule's ears disappear in genuine mud..."

So, before resuming serious broadcasting on anything from literature to guns (can't have too many/ much of either) a few images. First: Bosque del Apache; the Rio's & the Fed's farm for wildlife, at Christmas, by John Wilson:

"Life has really not stopped, and the world is really not a museum yet"*. Old men still chase hounds, even if they need strong drink after...

All over the world...

Older men and younger women make art ("Their eyes, their ancient glittering eyes**..."

Peace still may need an AK 47 (The Madins with appropriate props near Hovdsgol)

But the old can still amaze the young: Joel Becktell, mother Niki, and Eli Frishman Dec 2012, Magdalena

All this & more coming in Q, 2013. Thanks all! * is Ted Hughes and I bet everybody knows ** is Yeats in Lapis Lazuli.