Posted by admin on February 10, 2012 in
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The halfway point of winter in the northern hemisphere has arrived here in Idaho with dry and warm weather. Trapped in some kind of drought, I suppose I should be saying stuff like, “We need snow in the mountains, we need rain on the flats,” or maybe I should be circling around dancing with my […]
Tags: Arizona, Elko, Henry Real Bird, horses, Nevada, New Mexico, Paul Zarzyski, Ruby Mountains, snow, tamales, The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Wallace McRae, Wild Horse Crossing
Posted by admin on June 10, 2011 in
Musings |
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Betty and I recently spent time in south-east and south-central Oregon with friends, looking at the rippling water, the green-gray sage, the juniper, the snow-covered mountains. While driving between Pete French’s round barn and Diamond, we heard a particularly melodic bird song. I stopped the car and rolled down my window and the sweetest sound […]
Tags: autism, beauty, bird song, cattle feedyard, cattle working pens, Diamond, Down's syndrome, John Wayne, Oregon, Paul Zarzyski, Pete French's round barn, poem, sage thrasher, sagebrush, Steens Mountain
