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Pitts, Lee

And Thus Began My Education

A lot of parents are going to be mad at me for saying this but someone needs to say it. So here goes: not...

The Toothless Cattle Company

I wasn't always a tightwad. I didn't always stoop to pick up pennies, straighten bent paper clips or shop in thrift stores. As a...

A Carolin’ We Did Go (Best Of)

Cowboys  enjoyed a reputation as real singers back in the days when they would croon to their Longhorns at night to keep them from...

Takin’ It To The Streets

We're all supposed to have gone global by now. If you want a new computer you phone a call center in India which passes...

Old News

I have a friend who worked for a livestock newspaper for 40 years who has newspaper ink clogging up his veins. Recently he's been...

Stage Fright

One unattained goal in my life was to have my own antique stagecoach and learn how to "handle the ribbons" to control the the...

Fake Out

It seems like everything is fake these days: fake news, fake ice cream, fake money, fake teeth, fake knees, fake hips and fake identities....

My Iron In The Fire

One of the rites of passage of a cowboy's life is the day you get your own brand. I remember the first time I...

Kissing Cousins

I just finished reading a book about Albert Einstein written by Walter Isaacson and I don't know what possessed me to do it. It...

Smile

I think I should have lived my life before 1826. That's the year the first photograph was taken and the only thing I hate...
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