billrquimby Report post Posted April 5, 2011 The book is sold pending funds. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted April 6, 2011 Bill Valentine fueled my passion for the Sea of Cortez and its denizens for 30+ years and would still like to spend a winter as a fishing vagabond from Tiburon to La Paz to Topolobampo...i wrote this poem with Bill in mind but could not think of a way to include a tribute. but i know he sat on the beach in front of many fires and sunsets like these.... WINTER DUSK Sky afire to the west, Sierra Gigente sillouetted Jagged black peaks rising suddenly from the Vermillion Sea Broad white beach, tiny orange fire at our feet This small circle of light, a wind tortured blaze Flames ripped completely away from their mesquite coal source The heated, empty space between fuel and flame, beguiling... For how many centuries has man stared at this riddle of fire Perhaps Sparticus, pondering on the night before he died Or the Wright brothers, on another beach, just after they flew MUCHO VIENTO SI! The back of my knee, our cheeks stinging Hi-velocity sand blasting across the beach-AIAH CHUBASCO! Small price to pay for such magnificent natural spendor Distant dark peaks with fiery red halo Wind torn stratos, brilliant like blazing kite-tails Little beach fire, part angry and tortured, almost alive Part still, glowing red-orange-white, peaceful and sedate And, of course, the puzzling little space between lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted April 6, 2011 What i wondered Bill was...Winchester? Savage? Mauser? Good job on selling it. Looking forward to Jacks books in the fall. lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted April 6, 2011 Biglakejake: I'm sure Bill Valentine would have been impressed! I am. As for J.Y.'s rifle, it is an off-the-shelf Remington 700 ADL. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
