Author Archives: Greg Hlatky

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution. No refuge could … Continue reading →

If, in the future, any of you complain about my voice being too loud when I’m stewarding and it upsets your poor little Snookums, my response will be, “I’m sorry your dog has such a bad temperament.  Maybe you shouldn’t … Continue reading →

Philadelphia, 5 – Buffalo, 2 Vancouver, 2 – Chicago, 1 Montreal, 2 – Boston, 1

It was time last week to upgrade or cellphones.  My lovely bride was sick and tired of her old phone losing its battery power within a day or when she tried doing anything with it, coupled with Verizon’s unwillingness to … Continue reading →

To Austin this weekend for the Austin KC shows, held at the Travis County Exposition Center.  This features a large covered arena where all the rings, vendors and grooming was held.  We walked through a door and were amazed to … Continue reading →

The 2011 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty was held last week in Lawrence, Kansas.  To spare as much of my lovely bride’s vacation time as possible, on Tuesday I drove Dutch and Ilya up there, a 13 hour drive … Continue reading →

Ilkka writes: The case of the Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones nicely, uh, illuminates the principle first pointed out by Jussi Halla-aho, that the relationship between Western progressives and Muslims is disturbingly similar to that of a dysfunctional family with the … Continue reading →

To Navasota this weekend for the Brazos Valley KC shows:  as pleasant a drive as can be imagined with the wildflowers beginning to bloom and, as a contrast to the coastal plain, rolling hills in Waller and Grimes counties with … Continue reading →

Brothers Dutch and Ilya are remarkably closely matched in size, structure and coloring (amazingly so for Borzoi), so my lovely bride will be showing them as a brace at the BCOA National Specialty next month.  She was in Louisville last … Continue reading →

A true miscarriage of justice in Houston: A woman who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of her husband and was sentenced to probation on Friday after reaching a deal with prosecutors is now telling her side of the story. … Continue reading →

Last summer we took in four rescued Borzoi, one from the Houston area (quickly re-homed) and three from Oklahoma, two bitches and a neutered male.  The three Oklahoma rescues were in terrible shape when we got them:  rotten teeth, black … Continue reading →

My lovely bride is in New York today for the Westminster Kennel Club show.  She was handling Dutch and, while the Beeg Boy didn’t get any awards, he made every cut to the last.  Quite impressive considering that Dutch was … Continue reading →

Actually it’s from last week, but where else would it be than the New York Times?  From Wen Stephenson’s review of Mark Hertsgaard’s Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth: The American social context too often remains the largest … Continue reading →

One of our clubs, the Fort Bend Kennel Club, had its shows this weekend.  Dutch was Best of Breed both days, picking up more points toward his grand championship.  On Saturday we were surprised and delighted when the Beeg Boy … Continue reading →

Well, all of that may be unfortunate but we’ve had some brighter news on the show scene. Dutch, the Beeg Boy, finished his championship at the Cen-Tex KC shows in Alvarado in late November by going Best of Breed over … Continue reading →