Headin’ for the Last Roundup
Frank Farmer on the weather and what really is 'normal'
Across the Ozarks
Lindsay Haymes wants her own Old MacDonald Farm
Life is Simple
Jerry Crownover on the troubles caused by those crazy, old cows
All We Need’s More Rain
Dusty Richards picks up where he left off with the history of the cattle drive
Across the Ozarks
Lindsay Haymes on life like a puppy
Headin’ for the Last Roundup
Frank Farmer chastises big banks for their ways
Life is Simple
Jerry Crownover recounts the lessons Tom learned in the tornado
Across the Ozarks
Lindsay Haymes on the ways of an old farm dog
Life Is Simple
I need stability in my life – always have. I wear the same style and brand of blue jeans that I did thirty years ago. They’re a different size, of course, but surprisingly, not that much more expensive. When I had to quit wearing boots because of my back, I switched to a style of shoe that I’ve also stuck with for many years now. My work shirts have been the same brand for at least fifteen years as well – plaid design, button-down collar, long-sleeved in the winter, and short-sleeved in the summer. Heck, my wife never worries about me leaving her because she knows I detest change too much to even think about breaking in a new woman. I guess my need for stability is why my life seems to be out of whack right now.
“All We Need’s More Rain”
By the end of the Civil War, folks had eaten every hog and chicken in the United States. Confederate soldiers who walked home after the armistice from Maryland and Virginia to Arkansas said they never heard a rooster crow. The industrialized north was prospering and wanted protein. Texas was broke and so were the people. This is Part One of the era of cattle drives:
