No, this isn’t going to be about which is better peanut butter, smooth or crunchy. Even though as I sat down to write and my other half asked what the […]
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Is This You?
Modern Times It seems that when something bad happens time drags by and sometimes time even seems to stop. But when something wonderfully good happens the time flies by. For […]
History: Hail The Mule!
Many Old West historians like to tell the story of the tenderfoot who objected to riding a mule down an almost perpendicular cliff. “Don’t worry none,” said an old-timer. “That […]
Is this You? | A Shot In The Arm
There are subjects that will be debated for years and years and will still not be resolved. You know, the chicken or the egg? The lefties or righties in politics? […]
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor, The explosion of wild horses on western rangelands is ruining the resource; please read on to understand why this is an issue of Absolute Urgency. The N-4 State […]
Is this You? | I Don’t Like To
Would you be able to tell me what a GE cupboard is? I wonder. My father commented on our GE cupboard regularly. In his heyday, he would have a nightly […]
Shoot ‘Em Up in Palisade
On many of the present day movie and TV studio back lot tours, where western movies are made, there is often an elaborate shootout staged of some kind. Fake robberies […]
History: Early Life in Eureka County
While the Civil War was raging back east, and only about a year after the decisive battle of Gettysburg, the Eureka Mining District was established in 1864. For a […]
Is This You? The Hammock
As the rushing river of summer starts to become a bubbling brook I have found time to use our hammock a bit more and I must say that whoever invented […]
Is this You?
Skipping a Beat I was standing at the back in of my car when I realized it wasn’t my car and I had no idea where my car was then […]


