{"id":3985,"date":"2011-09-11T13:15:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T17:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2011-09-11T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T17:24:41","slug":"bodios-irl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/3985","title":{"rendered":"Bodios IRL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Off I went to the South Shore (I think that’s the correct region name) yesterday for a cookout. Not just any cookout, mind you, but a chance to meet Steve and Libby Bodio<\/a> in the flesh; Steve and I have been corresponding, exchanging links, etc. for quite a few years. If you know anything\u00a0 about the Bodios, you know to expect a diverse crowd, viz. a herpetologist who studied elephant seals before going into the building trades, someone who dropped out of law school to sell (fine) carpets (and fly falcons), etc. It was a great get together and more than a bit of a milestone for me – more on that in a moment.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Steve -on the left- chuckling over an anecdote.<\/p>\n

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The back of Libby’s head (sorry – photojournalism wasn’t a priority and the one portraity picture I took is not great) and Eric, Steve’s last Massachusetts apprentice (many years ago).<\/p>\n

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Note in both photographs the object sticking out to Steve’s back pocket. There’s a story there; I’ll let Steve tell it, but in the meantime guess away as to it’s identity.<\/p>\n

Steve hasn’t been east in many years, so there was a lot of year-totalling-up for him to do with old friends. I’m a newcomer – we’ve known each other on line for 5 years or so – not even the blink of an eye comparatively. That being said, I was thinking this morning about how long I’ve known about him… A Rage for Falcons <\/a>was the first thing of his I remember reading. I may have read essays or reviews before finding A Rage (in Stroudwater Books when it was in the Pic ‘n Pay Plaza in Portsmouth, for you local old-timers) but the descriptions of falconry in A Rage left a mark and rekindled my desire to fly raptors. I went to the bookshelf and pulled the book, opened it and read ‘copyright 1984’. We’re talking 27 years.<\/p>\n

Great conversation (Libby and I talked tazis and teckels – where else could one do that?), great beer (thanks, Throwback<\/a>), and great hosts (THANKS!, Karen and George). What a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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