We have walked some common ground, separated by a couple of decades. I spent 35 years in the magazine business, more than 25 of which were in the hook and bullet game. I was with Outdoor Life for a brief while, then Sports Afield for more than a dozen years, and finally with Field & Stream as a columnist, feature writer, and employee.
I was the first person to be nominated for a National Magazine Award from the field sports magazines.
I am also a Vietnam Vet, serving as a Recon Platoon Leader with the 1st Infantry Division in 1968.
I was on the Board of Jim Pozowitz's Orion, I am a lifetime member of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and I own a couple of Kimber 1911s--backups to my Wilson, truth be told. Yup, I shot IDPA.
I, too, took issue with the gun biz when the black guns came to the fore. A former co-worker, Jim Zumbo, got fired for denouncing them, fired after giving OL a lot of good years working shitty little sportsmen's show across the intermountain west.
When 2006 rolled around, I saw the handwriting on the wall for magazines and retired to a small town in Colorado, where I enjoyed 16 years of the outdoors. And then I got old, so I moved to St. George, UT for the medicine and the companionship a larger town offers.
S0 57 years after fighting in Vietnam, I find myself putting on my web gear again. I am fighting on two fronts now: Veteran/Military issues and Public Land Issues.
I was the keynote speaker here in St. George at a rally of 700 on Hands Off! day. I will be speaking, I believe, on June 14th, the 250th Birthday of the US Army.
I think it is useful to cross-pollenate, so I wanted to introduce myself. I believe we are on the same side. I've recently made friends with Doug Peacock, a fellow SF guy and the expert on Griz. He also is the model for Heyduke in Ed Abbey's Monkeywrench Gang, so we talked about blowing shit up, too (just kidding, Siri, just kidding!).
Thanks for letting me be a free subscriber. I love your stuff, as you know.
So here's the problem. I would be very pleased to be a paid subscriber of yours. And of several other accounts. I have no idea how much Substack takes of these subscription amounts, but the yearly fees are not exactly low, considering how many of them I'd like to pay, and the choice is zero or $80. Today, I saw one that was 20% off, and the subscription price listed was $99. I've never seen a $99 Substack subscription, so I don't know if it was $80 ($100-20%) or if it was now $125 (minus 20% is $100). But many of us, I imagine, and certainly I, can't do this a lot of times.
I wish Substack would charge $25 per year, so I, and many of us, could subscribe many more times, but Substack doesn't ask me my opinion about that. There's the occasional $50 or $60 per year, which leaves some more breathing room. But in your case, for example, there's no mechanism for me to offer you $25 per year, or $50 per year. So considering the subscriptions I already have, to Substack accounts, "The Guardian," "The Lever," and some others, I just don't have an unlimited opportunity to do what I wish I could do.
Thank you Ryan! Heather Cox Richardson said this summer and the rest of the year will be "lit." The future has many unknowns and it's good to know there will be folks like you in it. Some cause for hope.
Mr. Busse,
We have walked some common ground, separated by a couple of decades. I spent 35 years in the magazine business, more than 25 of which were in the hook and bullet game. I was with Outdoor Life for a brief while, then Sports Afield for more than a dozen years, and finally with Field & Stream as a columnist, feature writer, and employee.
I was the first person to be nominated for a National Magazine Award from the field sports magazines.
I am also a Vietnam Vet, serving as a Recon Platoon Leader with the 1st Infantry Division in 1968.
I was on the Board of Jim Pozowitz's Orion, I am a lifetime member of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and I own a couple of Kimber 1911s--backups to my Wilson, truth be told. Yup, I shot IDPA.
I, too, took issue with the gun biz when the black guns came to the fore. A former co-worker, Jim Zumbo, got fired for denouncing them, fired after giving OL a lot of good years working shitty little sportsmen's show across the intermountain west.
When 2006 rolled around, I saw the handwriting on the wall for magazines and retired to a small town in Colorado, where I enjoyed 16 years of the outdoors. And then I got old, so I moved to St. George, UT for the medicine and the companionship a larger town offers.
S0 57 years after fighting in Vietnam, I find myself putting on my web gear again. I am fighting on two fronts now: Veteran/Military issues and Public Land Issues.
I was the keynote speaker here in St. George at a rally of 700 on Hands Off! day. I will be speaking, I believe, on June 14th, the 250th Birthday of the US Army.
I think it is useful to cross-pollenate, so I wanted to introduce myself. I believe we are on the same side. I've recently made friends with Doug Peacock, a fellow SF guy and the expert on Griz. He also is the model for Heyduke in Ed Abbey's Monkeywrench Gang, so we talked about blowing shit up, too (just kidding, Siri, just kidding!).
Cordially,
Lionel Atwill
Latwill@gmail.com
Hey Lionel. Thanks for outreach. Peacock is a good dude!!
Ryan,
Thanks for letting me be a free subscriber. I love your stuff, as you know.
So here's the problem. I would be very pleased to be a paid subscriber of yours. And of several other accounts. I have no idea how much Substack takes of these subscription amounts, but the yearly fees are not exactly low, considering how many of them I'd like to pay, and the choice is zero or $80. Today, I saw one that was 20% off, and the subscription price listed was $99. I've never seen a $99 Substack subscription, so I don't know if it was $80 ($100-20%) or if it was now $125 (minus 20% is $100). But many of us, I imagine, and certainly I, can't do this a lot of times.
I wish Substack would charge $25 per year, so I, and many of us, could subscribe many more times, but Substack doesn't ask me my opinion about that. There's the occasional $50 or $60 per year, which leaves some more breathing room. But in your case, for example, there's no mechanism for me to offer you $25 per year, or $50 per year. So considering the subscriptions I already have, to Substack accounts, "The Guardian," "The Lever," and some others, I just don't have an unlimited opportunity to do what I wish I could do.
I'm sorry for the limitation.
Thank you Ryan! Heather Cox Richardson said this summer and the rest of the year will be "lit." The future has many unknowns and it's good to know there will be folks like you in it. Some cause for hope.
Thanks Ryan
Thanks Ryan
Thank You.
Excellent. Thanks